Posts by Tom B

Notebook will not start. LED's light, cpu fans turns, cpu gets warm, hard drive spins. No display flicker or any activity on screen or an external monitor. There are no post beeps. I replaced with a used motherboard and got similar...

I know this sounds nuts, but it was too much trouble to disassemble and hunt for the next day or so for the culprit. What I did to "repair" was to open the memory door. I cut a 1 inch length of fuel ine hose. I then split it...

I had the same problem with the touchpad and keyboard. I think I solved the problem by removing both memory modules and cleaning the gold contacts of the mem modules by wiping with a soft cloth to "polish". I then reseated...