Laptop not booting/starting up

Zeipher

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Hello,

I'm having some issues with my laptop not starting up/booting.

Was using it yesterday and everything was fine. Turned it off normally with shutdown in windows. Today another person in my household tried to turn it on early in the morning. She said to me it showed some errors about drivers or something (i know, i know i too wish for a better description of what happened), tried to reboot and now can't get it working at all.

When i turn it on it "sounds" like it imediatelly turns to sleep mode (it becomes quiter but still going). The screen is black all the time, there is no response from any keys what so ever (apart from power off button).

The laptop itself is close to 10 years with windows 7. So hardware could also be an issue since its old (it had overheating issues for quite some time).

What i also tried: tried different AC, tried removing battery and AC and holding thr power button, tried without battery at all.

Any tips? Not sure if its worth much going to a professional to try to fix it, since it could die on me anythime even if its fixed now.
 
Solution
It may not be the system, but the display. Try this...

1. Turn the laptop off (not sleep or hibernate but off).
2. Connect an external monitor to the laptop.
3. Turn on the external monitor.
4. Turn on the laptop.

NOTE: You may have to press an "external monitor" button. Could be the f4 button or a button with two monitors on it, for the external monitor to work.

If you can see fine on the external monitor, then your attached display, or the ribbon cable that connects it, are your problem.

If you can't see on the external monitor at all, or the problem occurs on the external monitor as well, then it is probably the graphics card/GPU that is the problem, which may require the motherboard be replaced.
It may not be the system, but the display. Try this...

1. Turn the laptop off (not sleep or hibernate but off).
2. Connect an external monitor to the laptop.
3. Turn on the external monitor.
4. Turn on the laptop.

NOTE: You may have to press an "external monitor" button. Could be the f4 button or a button with two monitors on it, for the external monitor to work.

If you can see fine on the external monitor, then your attached display, or the ribbon cable that connects it, are your problem.

If you can't see on the external monitor at all, or the problem occurs on the external monitor as well, then it is probably the graphics card/GPU that is the problem, which may require the motherboard be replaced.
 
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SneakLerd

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Greetings
Have you tried a easy reset?
Take out the battery, and hold the power button for 30s, then try to start it normally.
Regards