Notebook crash?!

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"rocky" <rockyho@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:cdh3sn$ttl$1@justice.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk...
> Hi All
>
> My NEC notebook cannot boot-up. Even can't go into "SETUP" screen when I
> press F2. It stops after memory check. Occasionally it run into Windows,
> but it hangs and goes into black screen after several minutes.
>

Have you tried reinstalling windows or a Knoppix Live CD?

> It's not likely a problem of power supply, RAM or harddisk error. What is
> the most probable reason? Is it a fault on "BIOS"? It already cost me
>$120
> to replace the battery that only last for a year. I query the quality of
NEC
> notebook now!

Does the clock in BIOS keep time correctly? If not, replace the battery,
some are picky if the vbat is low.

To be fair, NEC arent the greatest brand in the world.

>
> Can the components of a notebook be used in desktop? e.g. the LCD screen
and
> DVD drive.
>
Screen cannot, but hard disk, memory, optical drives some processors can be
usied in mini-ITX and nano-ITX systems (google for it).


hamman