Comments on: My laptop fell over and will not boot now http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/ Your laptop computer doesn't work? Need help or support for your notebook? Ask the Laptop Freak! Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:03:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: suzanne http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-448987 suzanne Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:16:04 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/#comment-448987 I have a Dell XPS 15 that is only a few months old. It slipped out of my hand as i went to place it on my laminate floor and the corner underside of the laptop case broke. I tried to switch it on and got a blue screen with lots of writing on it and at the end stated it needed restarting. Which i did. Now i start it up and get the XPS logo on the screen but the bar underneath only loads just over half way with a beeping noise. There is 1 beep followed by 11 or 12 subsequent beeps. This sequence then just repeats itself. It won't go into F2 or F12 either from that screen. I am worried how much damage i have done. It is supposed to have the Dell Shock Free Fall protection built in as well. I am an Open University student with an Assignment due in a matter of days and my work for this current one is ONLY on that laptop and no where else. Please any help would be great. I have a Dell XPS 15 that is only a few months old. It slipped out of my hand as i went to place it on my laminate floor and the corner underside of the laptop case broke. I tried to switch it on and got a blue screen with lots of writing on it and at the end stated it needed restarting. Which i did. Now i start it up and get the XPS logo on the screen but the bar underneath only loads just over half way with a beeping noise. There is 1 beep followed by 11 or 12 subsequent beeps. This sequence then just repeats itself. It won’t go into F2 or F12 either from that screen. I am worried how much damage i have done. It is supposed to have the Dell Shock Free Fall protection built in as well.

I am an Open University student with an Assignment due in a matter of days and my work for this current one is ONLY on that laptop and no where else.

Please any help would be great.

]]> By: Wayne http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-355600 Wayne Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:21:25 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/#comment-355600 Dear Laptop Freak, I dropped our Toshiba Satellite A215 with Vista Home Premium and cracked the screen. You can still read enough to try and use it but it will not boot up. Start up repair opens and says that it can not repair the system. The "diagnosis and repair details" show that all it passed all tests and under "root cause found" it says "Startup Repair has tried several times but still cannot determine the cause of the failure. If I go to the command prompt, it shows X:\sources\recovery\Tools and I can not change to the c: drive. Do you have any suggestions? Dear Laptop Freak,

I dropped our Toshiba Satellite A215 with Vista Home Premium and cracked the screen. You can still read enough to try and use it but it will not boot up. Start up repair opens and says that it can not repair the system. The “diagnosis and repair details” show that all it passed all tests and under “root cause found” it says “Startup Repair has tried several times but still cannot determine the cause of the failure.

If I go to the command prompt, it shows X:\sources\recovery\Tools and I can not change to the c: drive. Do you have any suggestions?

]]> By: firstcompsvc http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-209426 firstcompsvc Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:37:14 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/#comment-209426 hdd regenerator requires slaving the hard drive to another computer and running the repair. running a chkdsk in error checking or a chkdsk in recovery console may also fix the slow hard drive. hdd regenerator requires slaving the hard drive to another computer and running the repair. running a chkdsk in error checking or a chkdsk in recovery console may also fix the slow hard drive.

]]> By: firstcompsvc http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-209424 firstcompsvc Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:34:37 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/#comment-209424 the lines on the screen would either be memory damaged or the video cable came loose in the drop or the video inverter took a dump. the lines on the screen would either be memory damaged or the video cable came loose in the drop or the video inverter took a dump.

]]> By: firstcompsvc http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-209423 firstcompsvc Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:33:00 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/#comment-209423 hdd regenerator is needed after a drop as the hard drive may need sectors repaired/recovered. hdd regenerator is needed after a drop as the hard drive may need sectors repaired/recovered.

]]> By: paul http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-205573 paul Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:26:41 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/#comment-205573 Hello My Medeon laptop fall off a coffee table and when i started it the screen only shows colored lines from the top of the screen down to the end.It worked twice after the "accident" but then it went back. Hello
My Medeon laptop fall off a coffee table and when i started it the screen only shows colored lines from the top of the screen down to the end.It worked twice after the “accident” but then it went back.

]]> By: Victoria http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-204174 Victoria Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:44:45 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/#comment-204174 Hey there.. MY Sony VAIO Laptop was on my bed and had been accidentally pushed off the bed. It was Open and fell straight down in the same position it was sitting on the bed in. open. And fell on the tile floor. It turns on but i wont see the beginning screen till like 20 minutes pass.. then it starts up, goes to desktop.. but if i right click or try to open up a folder, it will.. but after 20 minutes.. that's all it does, everything after like 20 minutes. anything i open up or try to access.. It is ridiculous. May you tell me what I can do? It was a gift and i do not want them to know.. I dont have money to fix if, but would like to know possible options. Hey there..

MY Sony VAIO Laptop was on my bed and had been accidentally pushed off the bed. It was Open and fell straight down in the same position it was sitting on the bed in. open. And fell on the tile floor.

It turns on but i wont see the beginning screen till like 20 minutes pass.. then it starts up, goes to desktop.. but if i right click or try to open up a folder, it will.. but after 20 minutes.. that’s all it does, everything after like 20 minutes. anything i open up or try to access.. It is ridiculous.

May you tell me what I can do? It was a gift and i do not want them to know..

I dont have money to fix if, but would like to know possible options.

]]> By: Laptop Freak http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-188114 Laptop Freak Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:35:54 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/#comment-188114 laptopuser, Try reseating the hard drive. Disconnect the hard drive from the motherboard and install back in. When you get a message about running Windows repair, cancel it. laptopuser,
Try reseating the hard drive. Disconnect the hard drive from the motherboard and install back in.
When you get a message about running Windows repair, cancel it.

]]> By: laptopuser http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-186629 laptopuser Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:01:20 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/#comment-186629 Dear Laptopfreak: Hi. I tried looking this up in the various categories you have but could not find the exact same problem. If you have answered this before please let me know where I could look it up. I have an hp pavilion dv2000. It was on sleep mode and fell to the ground (concrete). At first we thought nothing had happened but when I tried to use it later at night it wouldn't come off of sleep mode, so we removed the battery and then put it back on and connected it to the AC. I noticed that none of the 3 lights would come on (the power indicator, the battery or the one with the litlle 3 discs). Since nothing could get the computer to turn on we opened it. We realized that there was a gap in the upper left panel that maintained the silver panel opened away from the black botom where they should be sealed tight. We thought this was the problem, fixed it, checked for any loose or broken pieces (which were none) and closed it. We tried to start it and nothing would happen. We read in a website to remove the battery and the AC power and press the power button holding it for 30 sec. We did that and it finally turned on (now that is the only way we can turn it on). The black screen saying that there was an error came on and asked us to decide one of the safe modes or start it normally and after choosing one mode and hiting enter nothing would happen as if the keyboard was not working. However, the arrow keys seemto be working fine because it let me go up and down when choosing one of the modes. We also noticed that the indicator light for the mouse keeps flashing blue/orange as does the indicator for AC power, and that the scroll indicator light is on. I read somewhere else and tried one of the suggestions of pressing f8 when turning it on, the screen came on asking me to choose a mode, but had to wait the 20-something seconds for it to do it automatically b/c hitting enter wouldn't do it; afterwards, the other sreen saying microsoft corporation with the green status bar came on and stayed that way forever, so i turned it off again. Today we opened it up again. Nothing seems loose nor are there any broken pieces. Tried the 30sec trick again (b/c it is the only way to start it now). The black screen came on saying that some hardware/ software was changed or something (don't remember what it said exactly) and asked me what mode to turn it on. I just left the one that was preselected ("safe and repair"). It had been more than 40 min and the black screen with the green status bar and underneath "Microsoft Corporation" was still on, and it wouldn't go any further than that. The fan was on, the lights were on (except for the indicator where he 3 little discs are), the indicator light for the AC power was flashing as is the one for the mouse. In this site we read to check the memory cards. We unplugged both of them and plugged them back on. Since my husband has the same exact laptop model, we put my hardrive on his laptop and started it. We selected the safe mode repair, then a blue page with a window saying: "start up repair" came on. After awhile, it said "Windows cannot repair this comp automatically" It had 2 choices: finish or cancel, we hit cancel and then windows started normally, everything was fine and working and thus decided it to try the hardrive back on my laptop to see what happened. The same story: wouldn't go past the black screen with the green progress bar, same lights on, same lights flashing, fan on. I don't know what else to do, we so much need your help and suggestions please, since we cannot afford a new computer right now and I inmensely need my old computer to work (we're both online students) Should we start it in a particular mode? Should i try again the f8? Sorry for the very long description but I wanted to explain everything we did just in case it could help. Thank you so very much for your help, I deeply appreciate it. Dear Laptopfreak:
Hi. I tried looking this up in the various categories you have but could not find the exact same problem. If you have answered this before please let me know where I could look it up.
I have an hp pavilion dv2000. It was on sleep mode and fell to the ground (concrete). At first we thought nothing had happened but when I tried to use it later at night it wouldn’t come off of sleep mode, so we removed the battery and then put it back on and connected it to the AC. I noticed that none of the 3 lights would come on (the power indicator, the battery or the one with the litlle 3 discs). Since nothing could get the computer to turn on we opened it. We realized that there was a gap in the upper left panel that maintained the silver panel opened away from the black botom where they should be sealed tight. We thought this was the problem, fixed it, checked for any loose or broken pieces (which were none) and closed it. We tried to start it and nothing would happen. We read in a website to remove the battery and the AC power and press the power button holding it for 30 sec. We did that and it finally turned on (now that is the only way we can turn it on). The black screen saying that there was an error came on and asked us to decide one of the safe modes or start it normally and after choosing one mode and hiting enter nothing would happen as if the keyboard was not working. However, the arrow keys seemto be working fine because it let me go up and down when choosing one of the modes. We also noticed that the indicator light for the mouse keeps flashing blue/orange as does the indicator for AC power, and that the scroll indicator light is on. I read somewhere else and tried one of the suggestions of pressing f8 when turning it on, the screen came on asking me to choose a mode, but had to wait the 20-something seconds for it to do it automatically b/c hitting enter wouldn’t do it; afterwards, the other sreen saying microsoft corporation with the green status bar came on and stayed that way forever, so i turned it off again.

Today we opened it up again. Nothing seems loose nor are there any broken pieces. Tried the 30sec trick again (b/c it is the only way to start it now). The black screen came on saying that some hardware/ software was changed or something (don’t remember what it said exactly) and asked me what mode to turn it on. I just left the one that was preselected (“safe and repair”). It had been more than 40 min and the black screen with the green status bar and underneath “Microsoft Corporation” was still on, and it wouldn’t go any further than that. The fan was on, the lights were on (except for the indicator where he 3 little discs are), the indicator light for the AC power was flashing as is the one for the mouse. In this site we read to check the memory cards. We unplugged both of them and plugged them back on. Since my husband has the same exact laptop model, we put my hardrive on his laptop and started it. We selected the safe mode repair, then a blue page with a window saying: “start up repair” came on. After awhile, it said “Windows cannot repair this comp automatically” It had 2 choices: finish or cancel, we hit cancel and then windows started normally, everything was fine and working and thus decided it to try the hardrive back on my laptop to see what happened. The same story: wouldn’t go past the black screen with the green progress bar, same lights on, same lights flashing, fan on. I don’t know what else to do, we so much need your help and suggestions please, since we cannot afford a new computer right now and I inmensely need my old computer to work (we’re both online students) Should we start it in a particular mode? Should i try again the f8?

Sorry for the very long description but I wanted to explain everything we did just in case it could help.

Thank you so very much for your help, I deeply appreciate it.

]]> By: frankie68 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-167585 frankie68 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:55:30 +0000 http://www.asklaptopfreak.com/laptop-notebook-help/2008/03/22/my-laptop-fell-over-will-not-boot/#comment-167585 my d600 dell gives 4 seconds power and then shuts off . no screen at all.. i took the whole lap apart and i have three part on my table motherboard + mem + cpu switchboard adapter i turn it on , nothing ,the cpu or the videochip doesn't get warm and the green light remain appr. 4 seconds.. then he shuts down.. what can i do , where do i have to look? cause i reheated a lot of pins by now on the board maybe a power issue? can somebody give a tip ? like the c640 u45 chip? thanx thanx thanx my d600 dell gives 4 seconds power and then shuts off . no screen at all..

i took the whole lap apart and i have three part on my table
motherboard + mem + cpu
switchboard
adapter

i turn it on , nothing ,the cpu or the videochip doesn’t get warm and the green light remain appr. 4 seconds..
then he shuts down..

what can i do , where do i have to look?
cause i reheated a lot of pins by now on the board
maybe a power issue?

can somebody give a tip ?
like the c640 u45 chip?
thanx thanx thanx

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