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Help with Compaq Presario 1200

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by oowee, 2003/11/30.

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  1. 2003/11/30
    oowee

    oowee Inactive Thread Starter

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    Need help!!!!
    Have a compaq presario 1200 XL 105. It was working fine and now it will not turn on. The battery is charged and I checked the support on compaq's website. It said the laptop should boot without the battery while plugged into the a/c adapter. Well it doesn't. I followed all of the suggested steps and nothing works. I emailed them and their response was that it was a complex issue and could not be resolved through email. They suggested that I take it to an authorized repair place. NO WAY!! Had another friend do that last week for a dvd burner issue. Their solution was to reformat the hard drive to fix the burner. Not gonna take it anywhere unless it's a last resort.
    Does anyone know of a possible fix???
     
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  2. 2003/12/01
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    Sorry to say that this sounds like a circuit/component failure - maybe the power circuit - maybe simply the power switch.

    I feel sure that an authorised Compaq dealer would not dream of formatting your drive - this is not a software problem.

    BTW do any lights appear when you try to power up?
     
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    oowee

    oowee Inactive Thread Starter

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    when i push the power button, nothing happens. the only light that shows is the light showing power is connected.
     
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    PeteC

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    Clearly a problem somewhere downstream of the power button - think you will have to bite the bullet and speak with the Compaq man :(
     
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    oowee

    oowee Inactive Thread Starter

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    bummer, thanks for the help Pete!
     
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