Gateway NE56R41u won't boot, no screen??

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by atving43, Mar 9, 2015.

  1. atving43

    atving43 Private E-2

    I have done the following.

    (1) Removed battery and AC adapter and pressed power button for over minute. Tried the battery again & AC adapter (both separate of each other) but still nothing.
    (2) Removed hard drive, memory card, DVD drive and powered up but didn't hear any beeps (someone told me that I should) could be motherboard?

    When I turn power on hard drive light flashes once or twice and it sounds like it's running for few seconds then clicks and power goes off to laptop.

    Thanks for any help :confused
     
    Last edited: Mar 9, 2015
    atving43, Mar 9, 2015
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  2. atving43

    atving43 Private E-2

    It's a laptop, sorry!
     
    atving43, Mar 9, 2015
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  3. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    If you press down and hold F2 at boot does the laptop enter the BIOS or beep at all?

    You have tried most of the first fix things I would have suggested already, one general generic reset is to take all USB devices, battery, AC power out and hold down the power button for 1 minute, then let go and pop the battery and/or AC back in and see if it powers up.

    Do bare in mind this is a generic option and doesnt work for all laptops, but worth a go.
     
    DavidGP, Mar 10, 2015
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  4. atving43

    atving43 Private E-2

    No bios or beep with F2. Power comes on, hard drive light blips maybe twice and then click from hard drive and laptop shuts off. I had already tried the other step you suggested but no difference.
     
    atving43, Mar 10, 2015
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  5. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    HI

    Do CPU cooling fan sound or feel as if its coming on at boot?
    How clean are the air vents?

    Just thinking if CPU is getting hot seriously quickly they generally failsafe themselves and turn off.

    Can you take out the HDD and slave it to another PC, just to check its not failed or failing?
     
    DavidGP, Mar 11, 2015
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  6. atving43

    atving43 Private E-2

    Cooling fan was working, used some compressed air, not much dirt, the IT guy at my work will check out the HDD.
     
    atving43, Mar 11, 2015
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  7. atving43

    atving43 Private E-2

    IT guy said HDD is good, bad motherboard, so it'll be used for parts, thanks for help.
     
    atving43, Mar 11, 2015
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  8. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hey no problems, glad you have an IT guy to check it out and confirm a dead mobo
     
    DavidGP, Mar 12, 2015
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