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Dead Compaq Presario 1200xl
My laptop won't boot. I've been everywhere trying to solve this problem. I
have a 1200XLxxx with 320Meg Ram and a K6 500Mhz CPU and has a DVD and I think about a 6Gig HD. I can't even ascertain which model it is, i.e.xxx. There seemed to be about a million configurations to that model. I can't find any place that has manuals or any other info. Anyway, my real problem follows. The computer was given to me by someone that had given up on it. It wouldn't boot and was put away for a year or 2. When I got it, it booted right up. I fooled around with it for a few hours, then it froze and I couldn't shut it down. I unplugged the power and removed the battery. When I went to restart, it wouldn't power up. I was sure that it must be the DC charger board located next to the FD so I bought one on Ebay. Installed it and same problem. Could a dead CMOS Battery cause the problem? Where is it located? On the Mobo? It doesn't seem to be on the part exposed when you pull off the keyboard and palm rest. Hope I don't have to strip the unit all the way down to get at it. Anyway, any insight would be very welcome. I was pretty impressed with the performance of the unit and the price was right, but definately not worth sending in to a shop for repair. Al |
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On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 07:23:38 -0700, Al
wrote: My laptop won't boot. I've been everywhere trying to solve this problem. I have a 1200XLxxx with 320Meg Ram and a K6 500Mhz CPU and has a DVD and I think about a 6Gig HD. I can't even ascertain which model it is, i.e.xxx. There seemed to be about a million configurations to that model. I can't find any place that has manuals or any other info. Anyway, my real problem follows. The computer was given to me by someone that had given up on it. It wouldn't boot and was put away for a year or 2. When I got it, it booted right up. I fooled around with it for a few hours, then it froze and I couldn't shut it down. I unplugged the power and removed the battery. When I went to restart, it wouldn't power up. I was sure that it must be the DC charger board located next to the FD so I bought one on Ebay. Installed it and same problem. Could a dead CMOS Battery cause the problem? Where is it located? On the Mobo? It doesn't seem to be on the part exposed when you pull off the keyboard and palm rest. Hope I don't have to strip the unit all the way down to get at it. Anyway, any insight would be very welcome. I was pretty impressed with the performance of the unit and the price was right, but definately not worth sending in to a shop for repair. Al The battery is under the heat sink plate under the key board. On my presario 1200xl 106. |
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