Hello all, I have a problem with a Compaq F500 Laptop
Symptoms:
Laptop will not Boot, if you press power the lights come on there is a small whir then everything goes black.
What I have tried:
removing the battery powering on with out the battery, with the battery, nothing.
Reseated Ram, nothing.
Took hard drive out to external SATA/USB scanned, found several virus's, haven't attempted boot after this. Is there perhaps a bios flash in need if it was a boot sector virus etc. or any other suggestions?
Note: Laptop had unstable operation prior, would turn on and then shut off periodically.....perhaps it has shut down do to a cooling problem?
Thanks,
Nate
Symptoms:
Laptop will not Boot, if you press power the lights come on there is a small whir then everything goes black.
What I have tried:
removing the battery powering on with out the battery, with the battery, nothing.
Reseated Ram, nothing.
Took hard drive out to external SATA/USB scanned, found several virus's, haven't attempted boot after this. Is there perhaps a bios flash in need if it was a boot sector virus etc. or any other suggestions?
Note: Laptop had unstable operation prior, would turn on and then shut off periodically.....perhaps it has shut down do to a cooling problem?
Thanks,
Nate