won't turn on with hard drive

frank2186

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hi I got a hold of a Presario 2500 laptop, it will boot to bios but when I install a hard drive it won't turn on.
 
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without the hard drive installed boot to the bios.choose dvd drive as first boot.shut it down and install the hard drive.try restarting with your install dvd in the drive and see if you can install then. if it still wont at least start i suspect a bad hard drive.

frank2186

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May 12, 2013
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the problem is when I install the hd the laptop won't even turn on
 

aldan

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without the hard drive installed boot to the bios.choose dvd drive as first boot.shut it down and install the hard drive.try restarting with your install dvd in the drive and see if you can install then. if it still wont at least start i suspect a bad hard drive.
 
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