From: letoured_at_together.net
Date: Wed Aug 07 2002 - 23:41:01 EDT
Turn the power off, hold down the F1 key and turn the power on. -- Run the
self-tests and tell us what is reported? -- If there are no errors,
reinitialize the machine. Its in the same screens as the tests.
What is the "boot button," you are talking about?
In <20020807231016.2824.qmail_at_web21001.mail.yahoo.com>, on 08/07/02
at 04:10 PM, gad fly <gadflybite_at_yahoo.com> said:
>Hi everyone,
>A year ago I bought a second hand 560. The cd didn't
>work, but I laplinked anything I needed from my main
>pc.
>Recently it started booting up into what appears to be
>suspend or hibernation mode. I power on, all boot
>lights are normal for a second then only 2 lights
>remain lit (the ones at opposite ends of the row of
>lights). I can hit Fn-F4, Fn-F12, both beep and
>that's about it (ditto Fn-F2, Fn-F3, Fn-F7, Fn-F11,
>etc). The boot doesn't make it to RAM count. Nothing
>is displayed on the screen.
>I took the laptop to a tech and he quoted me $3300*
>for a new mainboard. The tp was bought for $400**...
>reckon I might try here first...
>The following has been tried without success:
>- recharging the battery and using mains power.
>- replace the CMOS battery. (Incidentally I tried to
>boot without the cmos batt. and there was no change to
>the boot).
>- attempting boot with ext. floppy attached.
>Other salient info:
>- A month earlier I was having power problems and
>pulled the back and keyboard off. In the process the
>boot button popped off and was reinserted. Could the
>metal clip on the button screw up if it does or
>doesn't
>contact with the case?
>- IE4's installed. I read online somewhere site that
>IE4 has "compatibility issues" with the 560. Maybe an
>issue, maybe not.
>Specs: Win95, IE4, 24Mb, 1Gb, P133
>*a note on some techies:
>I once did tech support with a guy who recommended to
>half his clients that they reformat and reinstall as
>the solution to their problems. This works, but there
>are usually easier ways... the techie I talked to
>could well be in this category.
>**NB: that's $.au about 1/2 $us
>Kudos,
>Michael
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