Laptop problem!

s4_squalo · 07-13-2007, 07:02 AM

Hey all, have a question for all you computer buffs our there

ive got a compaq presario m2000 that has served me well for a couple of years, but it died on my yesterday :'(
it simply refused to turn on and i noticed it had somthing small well, 'floating' around inside it that i heard when i shook it around. At first i thought the battery died, so i plugged it in but it wouldnt charge, then i tried it on a different socket and nothing changed. So i earthed myself, sat down with a screw drived and took out the battery, HDD, and had a look at the ram. I could not get a glimpse of the thing inside it that ratteling inside, but otherwise everything else was fine. So i put everything back, plugged the charger back in, and magically it turned back on!

The only upgrades ive made on this lappy is i got another 256mb ram and upgraded the HDD to a 80gb 7200RPM one... As soon as i turned it on, it took about 20 minutes to start up fully, and did a microsoft update. But it left me completly puzzled, what could it stop it from starting let alone charging? Why would it work once took the HDD and battery out and put them back? What could be the random ratteling object?

Cheers in advance for any help

ps i have never dropped this laptop, or bumped it hard enough to cause a problem...

luckyedboy66 · 07-13-2007, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by s4_squalo

Hey all, have a question for all you computer buffs our there

ive got a compaq presario m2000 that has served me well for a couple of years, but it died on my yesterday :'(
it simply refused to turn on and i noticed it had somthing small well, 'floating' around inside it that i heard when i shook it around. At first i thought the battery died, so i plugged it in but it wouldnt charge, then i tried it on a different socket and nothing changed. So i earthed myself, sat down with a screw drived and took out the battery, HDD, and had a look at the ram. I could not get a glimpse of the thing inside it that ratteling inside, but otherwise everything else was fine. So i put everything back, plugged the charger back in, and magically it turned back on!

The only upgrades ive made on this lappy is i got another 256mb ram and upgraded the HDD to a 80gb 7200RPM one... As soon as i turned it on, it took about 20 minutes to start up fully, and did a microsoft update. But it left me completly puzzled, what could it stop it from starting let alone charging? Why would it work once took the HDD and battery out and put them back? What could be the random ratteling object?

Cheers in advance for any help

ps i have never dropped this laptop, or bumped it hard enough to cause a problem...

you said it refused to turn on...did it do anything at all, or where there absolutely no signs of life? usually, theres a light that indicates that its plugged in. was that on?
as far as the rattling object, i cant think of what it might be. i suggest pulling the bottom case off and checking it out, cause rattling annoys the crap out of me...download the manual off of the hp/compaq site and see what you can do.

PohTayToez · 07-13-2007, 07:27 AM

Possibly whatever it was that was rattling around was shorting something out.

s4_squalo · 07-13-2007, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by luckyedboy66

you said it refused to turn on...did it do anything at all, or where there absolutely no signs of life? usually, theres a light that indicates that its plugged in. was that on?
as far as the rattling object, i cant think of what it might be. i suggest pulling the bottom case off and checking it out, cause rattling annoys the crap out of me...download the manual off of the hp/compaq site and see what you can do.

yeh it had absolutley no signs of life at all, the charge light did not go on when i plugged it in... it works perfecty now, but, why?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!?

luckyedboy66 · 07-13-2007, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by s4_squalo

yeh it had absolutley no signs of life at all, the charge light did not go on when i plugged it in... it works perfecty now, but, why?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!?

im with poetaytoes, maybe a short...does the little thingamabob still rattle? do you know where-ish the rattle came from? if it was near the power input, i would say thats the cause of your troubles. either way, it prolly should be removed/put back to wehre it was...

s4_squalo · 07-13-2007, 09:45 AM

the weird thing is that as i tilt the laptop, it rolls around from one side of the laptop to the other, obivously hitting a few obstakles on the way....

07-13-2007, 07:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
s4_squalo New Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 10	Laptop problem! Hey all, have a question for all you computer buffs our there ive got a compaq presario m2000 that has served me well for a couple of years, but it died on my yesterday :'( it simply refused to turn on and i noticed it had somthing small well, 'floating' around inside it that i heard when i shook it around. At first i thought the battery died, so i plugged it in but it wouldnt charge, then i tried it on a different socket and nothing changed. So i earthed myself, sat down with a screw drived and took out the battery, HDD, and had a look at the ram. I could not get a glimpse of the thing inside it that ratteling inside, but otherwise everything else was fine. So i put everything back, plugged the charger back in, and magically it turned back on! The only upgrades ive made on this lappy is i got another 256mb ram and upgraded the HDD to a 80gb 7200RPM one... As soon as i turned it on, it took about 20 minutes to start up fully, and did a microsoft update. But it left me completly puzzled, what could it stop it from starting let alone charging? Why would it work once took the HDD and battery out and put them back? What could be the random ratteling object? Cheers in advance for any help ps i have never dropped this laptop, or bumped it hard enough to cause a problem...

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07-13-2007, 07:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 20 Posts: 3,353	Possibly whatever it was that was rattling around was shorting something out.

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s4_squalo New Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 10	the weird thing is that as i tilt the laptop, it rolls around from one side of the laptop to the other, obivously hitting a few obstakles on the way....