6 year old sony laptop wont start up

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by wk990, Mar 8, 2011.

  1. wk990

    wk990 Private E-2

    Hi folks I'm in need of some help? my 6 year old sony laptop seems dead, I have the power supply pluged in and when press the power button the power light and the battery light comes on for about 3 seconds than goes out. any ideas would be very helpful. and thanks in advance
     
    wk990, Mar 8, 2011
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  2. iain.t

    iain.t MajorGeek

    Hi,
    Have you tried powering up without the battery in, as some batteries when they've bit the dust and have a few dead cells can cause this type of issue.

    iain.t :major
     
    iain.t, Mar 9, 2011
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  3. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Have you opened it up and cleaned out the inside? A 6 year old laptop might have enough dust to cause heat problems. Heat will shut down any computer in a matter of seconds.
    You could also have a fan that isn't operational. If that's the case, again the heat will cause the laptop to turn off.
     
    plodr, Mar 9, 2011
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  4. wk990

    wk990 Private E-2

    thanks I'll try the no battey idea, also guess I'll take it all apart and do a good cleaning , if that don't work well I guess it's time for the laptop to retire
     
    wk990, Mar 9, 2011
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