PoppaJones
New Member
Hello all,
Although this is a problem with a laptop, I thought I would post this in the desktop thread as well, as the problem is not necessarily unique to laptops. I hope this doesn't offend anyone!
The story is quite short, so here goes. Last night I used my laptop computer as usual, and shut it down as usual. This morning I attempted to power up the laptop and was greeted by a blank screen. The hard drive was obviously not doing anything, as the machine was silent (albeit after an initial burst of fans). The power lights turned on, and if I held the power button down the machine turned off as usual. If I inserted a CD, the machine recognised it but nothing was displayed on screen.
Does anyone have any ideas as to why this behaviour might occur? I was wondering as to whether the hard drive had possibly failed. If it is the hard drive, I can easily change it myself. However anything more complex and I may have to send it back for a service...
Thanks a lot for any help,
Lloyd
Although this is a problem with a laptop, I thought I would post this in the desktop thread as well, as the problem is not necessarily unique to laptops. I hope this doesn't offend anyone!
The story is quite short, so here goes. Last night I used my laptop computer as usual, and shut it down as usual. This morning I attempted to power up the laptop and was greeted by a blank screen. The hard drive was obviously not doing anything, as the machine was silent (albeit after an initial burst of fans). The power lights turned on, and if I held the power button down the machine turned off as usual. If I inserted a CD, the machine recognised it but nothing was displayed on screen.
Does anyone have any ideas as to why this behaviour might occur? I was wondering as to whether the hard drive had possibly failed. If it is the hard drive, I can easily change it myself. However anything more complex and I may have to send it back for a service...
Thanks a lot for any help,
Lloyd
