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Laptop won’t boot.

  • 24-01-2024 10:37AM
    #1
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,182 ✭✭✭✭


    On the off chance that someone could help.


    I’ve an old Samsung laptop here and I wanted to try a Tiny11 install on it to see if it would work and maybe be useful.

    however when I tried it won’t boot. The fan comes on, I hear the hard drive make a sound but it just sits there, blank screen and fan running.

    I opened and reseated ram, tried booting with each individual 2gb but no good.

    Reseated the hard drive and optical drive.

    checked connections to the board.

    changed the bios battery.

    nothing !


    is there anything else I could try before moving on ??



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  • #2
    Mickb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 291 ✭✭Mickb


    Hi,


    Does anything logo etc come up on the screen? Can you get into the BIOS setup?


    MiCk B. :-)



  • #3
    DopeTech
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,137 ✭✭✭DopeTech


    If anything plugged into usb ports, remove them and boot again.



  • #4
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,182 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121663779#Comment_121663779

    No never gets to bios



  • #5
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,182 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121663974#Comment_121663974

    Nothing plugged in.



  • #6
    Mickb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 291 ✭✭Mickb


    Hi,


    Can you connect to an externals screen? Laptop screen could be busted.


    MiCk B. :-)



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  • #7
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,128 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    What model is the laptop? Are there any beeps or lights patterns on the Caps Lock or Num Lock keys when you try to boot?

    I had something similar with an HP laptop about three weeks ago, turned out the cause was a bad BIOS update. I got lucky that the laptop motherboard had a backup BIOS and was able to restore it - laptop booted fine once the BIOS was restored.



  • #8
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,182 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121664648#Comment_121664648

    That’s possible and I’ll do that.



  • #9
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,182 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121664847#Comment_121664847

    No beeps or otherwise... there is an led that would have signified "activity" but its dead all the time... I tried the function keys as I started in the hopes that it would boot into a bios menu but nothing..



  • #10
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,182 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121664648#Comment_121664648

    External screen didnt work.. Actually its sending the VGA monitor into sleep mode once its connected, not sure if that means anything..



  • #11
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,182 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    I presume the fact that I'm not getting to the bios screens means I couldnt get it to boot of the USB as I had planned for installing Tiny11, I've never done that before... I think I need access to the bios menu to instruct to beet from USB rather than the HDD



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  • #12
    z80CPU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭z80CPU
    Darth Randomer


    right, will toss this out anyway - does the laptop have an HDMI port? Can you connect a HDMI cable between it to your Telly and switch on laptop then, with the TV tuned to the HDMI port of course



  • #13
    newmember2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭newmember2


    If you're not getting anything to an external screen it's not looking good. When you power it on, does it stay on and do any of the activity lights light up?



  • #14
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,182 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121666848#Comment_121666848

    Nope, VGA out only... Shes an older lady



  • #15
    z80CPU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭z80CPU
    Darth Randomer


    Another thing

    Switch it on

    Wait for the hard disk activity to die down or stop.

    Next, on the laptop keyboard hold down the Fn key and press the corresponding F5 / F6 / F 7 key for turning on or off the display. Also there may be a combination with external projection you could try.



  • #16
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,182 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121669958#Comment_121669958

    i tried switching between screen and output but nothing.


    I think it’s not booting at all



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