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Offline ferox

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Re: dead laptop
« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2011, 04:08:24 pm »
i'll have to find the power cable first XD
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with RAM removed: no beep
RAM reinserted: no beep

i also noticed that when i turn it "on" the green lights indicating it does something flash on for about 1/4 of a second
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Re: dead laptop
« Reply #16 on: February 09, 2011, 04:17:20 pm »
Quote from: ferox on February 09, 2011, 04:08:24 pm
i'll have to find the power cable first XD
ì'll edit in a minute

edit:
with RAM removed: no beep
RAM reinserted: no beep

i also noticed that when i turn it "on" the green lights indicating it does something flash on for about 1/4 of a second
Yeah, it's not complaining that there's is no ram, it must be dead.
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Re: dead laptop
« Reply #17 on: February 09, 2011, 04:22:12 pm »
I would suggest checking the hard drive's viability still, if it's still good, then all your stuff is not lost.
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Re: dead laptop
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2011, 04:31:21 pm »
there wasn't that much on it, only office 2007 i believe. but i have no system that can read the hard disk :(
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Re: dead laptop
« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2011, 04:37:00 pm »
Have you tried a CMOS clear? There is a location on the motherboard where you can connect two pieces of metal together with a paper clip to reset the BIOS and the motherboard.
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Re: dead laptop
« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2011, 04:40:11 pm »
Quote from: souvik1997 on February 09, 2011, 04:37:00 pm
Have you tried a CMOS clear? There is a location on the motherboard where you can connect two pieces of metal together with a paper clip to reset the BIOS and the motherboard.

uhm, that would be really difficult, because i can't get to the motherboard without breaking anything :(
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Re: dead laptop
« Reply #21 on: February 09, 2011, 05:50:33 pm »
Quote from: ferox on February 09, 2011, 04:31:21 pm
there wasn't that much on it, only office 2007 i believe. but i have no system that can read the hard disk :(
Um...you don't have another computer that has the same type of hard drive?
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Re: dead laptop
« Reply #22 on: February 10, 2011, 11:07:19 am »
Quote from: holmes221b on February 09, 2011, 05:50:33 pm
Quote from: ferox on February 09, 2011, 04:31:21 pm
there wasn't that much on it, only office 2007 i believe. but i have no system that can read the hard disk :(
Um...you don't have another computer that has the same type of hard drive?

not that i know, other laptop i have (windows 98, was also free XD, i use it sometimes) doesn't fit, and i also can't get it into my normal pc... :(
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Re: dead laptop
« Reply #23 on: February 10, 2011, 07:07:14 pm »
This laptop is fairly recent, right? (Check your user manual to make sure it has a SATA hard drive.) You can either buy an external 2.5" sata enclosure, which lets you connect the drive to another computer over USB, or when you get a new laptop, you should be able to install the old drive in the new computer, though windows won't start and you will need to use a boot cd to back up your files.
That was a long sentence.
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Re: dead laptop
« Reply #24 on: February 11, 2011, 02:22:30 am »
Quote from: fb39ca4 on February 10, 2011, 07:07:14 pm
This laptop is fairly recent, right? (Check your user manual to make sure it has a SATA hard drive.) You can either buy an external 2.5" sata enclosure, which lets you connect the drive to another computer over USB, or when you get a new laptop, you should be able to install the old drive in the new computer, though windows won't start and you will need to use a boot cd to back up your files.
That was a long sentence.
with a short answer.
i have no manual, is there any other way to check this?
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Re: dead laptop
« Reply #25 on: February 11, 2011, 03:29:54 pm »
There's another way to check. Take out the drive. On one side, do you see a lot of pins (IDE), or three or so plastic tounges with contacts printed onto them (SATA)?
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Re: dead laptop
« Reply #26 on: February 11, 2011, 04:38:32 pm »
lots of pins, just like the hard drive of my pc, but a smaller distance between them
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