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Disassembling a Presario 1200?
I am looking at a non-working Presario 1200 for a friend. A green light is lit
when power is conected (from the brick), but nothing else works - it cannot be turned on. Maybe a fuse, maybe a bad power-on switch.. or something else. So I got myself a Torx 8 screwdriver and undid the 6 screws I could see in the uinderside - but there is something else keeping the case together, towards the back. Opening the lid to the RAM compartment of course did not help. I have two questions: 1) how do I disassemble the case? 2) the non-working problem may be common for Presario 1200s (though Googling did not find anything) - has anyone some idea what may cause it? Regards, Occam ================================================== == remove my attribute to get my proper email address |
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"Occam" wrote in message ... I am looking at a non-working Presario 1200 for a friend. A green light is lit when power is conected (from the brick), but nothing else works - it cannot be turned on. Maybe a fuse, maybe a bad power-on switch.. or something else. So I got myself a Torx 8 screwdriver and undid the 6 screws I could see in the uinderside - but there is something else keeping the case together, towards the back. Opening the lid to the RAM compartment of course did not help. I have two questions: 1) how do I disassemble the case? 2) the non-working problem may be common for Presario 1200s (though Googling did not find anything) - has anyone some idea what may cause it? Regards, Occam ================================================== == remove my attribute to get my proper email address Youl could start with this: http://www.compaq.com/athome/support...200/index.html |
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possibly replacing the CMOS battery might work...earlier Compaq laptops would
not boot on A/C if it were dead...not sure if that's the case with the 1200.... Sorry but can't help with exactly where that's located on the 1200 or how to open it and get to it.... Dale |
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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 05:29:15 GMT, "Frank" wrote:
Youl could start with this: http://www.compaq.com/athome/support...200/index.html Hanging my head with shame!! Now Google gave me the sites.. I must have spelt something wrong. Thanks. ================================================== == remove my attribute to get my proper email address |
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Occam wrote:
On 18 Sep 2004 05:33:28 GMT, (DEJ57) wrote: possibly replacing the CMOS battery might work...earlier Compaq laptops would not boot on A/C if it were dead...not sure if that's the case with the 1200.... Sorry but can't help with exactly where that's located on the 1200 or how to open it and get to it.... Dale I will try that. Thanks. ================================================== == remove my attribute to get my proper email address There is a huge user forum at HP/compaq about this very problem. Many of us are affected by it but no one as yet has figured it out. I believe it is called Compaq Presario wont turn on (I know that wont is misspelled but that is how it was entered). It goes back to 8/27/02 and there are quite a few of us with this problem. Here is the web address: javascriptpenExternal("http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questiona nswer.do?admit=716493758+1087089320327+28353475&th readId=36917") Good luck |
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Sorry - the whole thread didn't get in my reply correctly.
Should be: (hope this works) http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/f...threadId=36917 Irishpat wrote: Occam wrote: On 18 Sep 2004 05:33:28 GMT, (DEJ57) wrote: possibly replacing the CMOS battery might work...earlier Compaq laptops would not boot on A/C if it were dead...not sure if that's the case with the 1200.... Sorry but can't help with exactly where that's located on the 1200 or how to open it and get to it.... Dale I will try that. Thanks. ================================================== == remove my attribute to get my proper email address There is a huge user forum at HP/compaq about this very problem. Many of us are affected by it but no one as yet has figured it out. I believe it is called Compaq Presario wont turn on (I know that wont is misspelled but that is how it was entered). It goes back to 8/27/02 and there are quite a few of us with this problem. Here is the web address: javascriptpenExternal("http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questiona nswer.do?admit=716493758+1087089320327+28353475&th readId=36917") Good luck |
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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 17:32:56 +1000, Occam
wrote: On 18 Sep 2004 05:33:28 GMT, (DEJ57) wrote: possibly replacing the CMOS battery might work...earlier Compaq laptops would not boot on A/C if it were dead...not sure if that's the case with the 1200.... Sorry but can't help with exactly where that's located on the 1200 or how to open it and get to it.... Dale I will try that. Thanks. ================================================= === remove my attribute to get my proper email address Any luck on this Occam? Cheers DK |
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HP/Compaq has closed the thread after I tried to post the fix 4 times.
I have done my best to explain and duplicate the thread he http://www.ltcomputers.com/compaq.cfm |
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