John W Colby
jwcolby at gmail.com
Wed Nov 6 08:54:39 CST 2013
You can probably get the stuff off the hard disk using a USB disk caddy. John W. Colby Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 11/6/2013 9:49 AM, Debbie wrote: > Nothing at all. I cannot get anything from it. Initially I thought it was unplugged and the power was drained. I double checked the cords, then reseated the battery. Still nothing. Saw the one dim wifi light after that. Has to be a power issue, or the motherboard or bios are gone. > > Guess I am computer shopping. > > Debbie > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 6, 2013, at 7:41 AM, John W Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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 >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>