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Old 06-02-2008
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Laptop will not boot up

have a compaq presario 2500 laptop. When i boot it up , it was
uncertain of where to boot from. So i reset it, now it tries to
initialise MBA, claims there is a cable media fault and cannot find
the os ?! I presume it is the Hard drive ? Another issue is that
i cannot open the laptop ? I removed all the screws ,battery,hard drive
and it is still stuck seemly at the rear of the laptop near the screen?
Is there some magical procedure to open the laptop?
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Old 06-02-2008
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A Compaq 2500 hey?

Which one: http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Looku...c=ie&h_lang=en
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Old 06-02-2008
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It is a
2511 EA .
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Old 06-02-2008
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Manuals

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/m...99070&lang=en&

From the page linked above
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Old 06-03-2008
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Thanks for the link.
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Old 10-17-2008
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I simply got a new Hard drive and it is now working. Thanks for everybody's help.
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Thanks for the update
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Old 10-17-2008
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Usually this means the connection on the HD is not secure. Reseat the drive. If you cannot boot, your OS may be corrupt. I highly suggest using a program like GOBack. It has saved me countless times from OS corruption and boot errors.
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