[AccessD] OT : Computer trouble Help!

John W Colby jwcolby at gmail.com
Wed Nov 6 07:41:42 CST 2013


Even if no hard drive, there should be bios stuff.  It sounds like the bios is not starting which 
means entirely dead processor or memory.

John W. Colby

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 11/6/2013 12:00 AM, John R Bartow wrote:
> Hi Debbie,
> Do you mean Windows NT4? I'm guessing it gave up the ghost. Hard drive
> failure, or other major component, coincidental with the update, which there
> shouldn't be any of, since NT support was eliminated years ago.
>
> Unplug it and pull the battery out for 30 seconds. Put it back together and
> plug it in. Turn it on. Hold your fingers on the case. If you can't feel any
> vibration whatsoever then it's probably the hard drive is not starting. (You
> should be able to tell the difference between the fans vibration and the
> hard drives as the fans start immediately and the hard drive will start
> shortly after.)
>
> Otherwise need more info.
> John B.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Debbie
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 8:33 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] OT : Computer trouble Help!
>
> Hi all. I have come home to a laptop that has suddenly become a brick.
>
> My roommate says it asked about some update and restart, now nothing works.
> I get a flicker from the wireless light, but no others. I cannot turn it on
> to even get a blue screen.
>
> It has been running NT and is a bit low on hard drive space. Other than that
> everything has been doing well.
>
> Is this anything anyone has encountered before and knows a solution to?
>
> Debbie



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