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Satellite M Series will turn on but won't startup!!!

Discussion in 'Mobile Computing' started by alphadank420, Aug 14, 2007.

  1. alphadank420 Newcomer, in training

    My satellite M series laptop will turn on but then won't startup. The screen won't turn on not even the cd drive will open. Can somebody please help me out?
    alphadank420, Aug 14, 2007
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  2. AlbertLionheart TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 2,711

    Are there any power lights at all? If so, can you hear the hard drive spinning?
    If the CD drive will not open, open it by inserting a fine probe into the little hole on the fascia: insert your system recovery CD and reboot. If it boots you maybe have a hard drive failure, if nothing then the most likely problem is the power controller.
    AlbertLionheart, Aug 14, 2007
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  3. lamo Newcomer, in training Posts: 570

    alphadank420, if your laptop has mini-PCI slot, then you need mini-PCI POST card to diagnose the problem.
    lamo, Aug 14, 2007
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