My laptop is dead
June 15, 2009 - A-life & ENGLISH - (1) COMMENTThis morning my dear HP laptop decided to not start after I pressed the power button. 
A few lights flashed (wireless, hard-drive, power), but only for 2 seconds. Then dead. The fan didn’t even turn on, the hard/drive didn’t make a sound…yes, you can guess that I am typing this post not from my computer. Luckily Nathan lets me use his. Well, after I searched for a few hours for help online, I decided to try out the HP online support help. Awesome! I was guided through a troubleshooting process.
Removed my battery, removed power supply, presed power button for 1 minute, put battery back in, connected with AC power adapter and tried to restart it. My fan started running, yeah! 
Full of excitement I wrote him he were a genious…but after a 4 seconds my laptop turned off again, even before I could get anything onto the screen…and I added the words “almost”. His conclusion was that it sounds like it is my system board. He gave me 2 addresses for HP service shops in Perth. I also asked him if he could give me the board model number so that I can buy the system board and replace it myself. He was so friendly to send me a link how to remove a main board and put a new one in. Unfortunately, I don’t have the right screwdriver to open up my laptop (who invented these tiny special screws??? damn! ).
After the chat with the support I thought about another idea: maybe it is my ac power adapter?! Maybe my laptop didn’t charge anymore and ran out of battery power? That could be a reason why it is not turning on. Simple as that. The ac adapter is running since 6 years…and mostly every day. I will try to find a store tomorrow who has the right ac adapter so that I can try it with my laptop right in the store. The ac adapter would be one of the cheaper items to replace. The main board costs around $200 (plus shipping) if I install it myself. I don’t want to know how much they charge for labour if I bring it to a service shop. The only thing I am worried about are my PHOTOS and some other data (my thunderbird email program for instance)!!! I do backup data, but there is so much I haven’t backuped yet! So many photos that are not copied to my external hard drive…I hope they are not lost. 
Please let it be my ac power unit. Pleeeaaaaase!
Wish me luck!
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ohhhhh . ich weiß wie sich das anfühlt!!! ich drück dir ganz dolle die daumen! xxx
June 16, 2009