Hey all.
The other day, I fiddled around with my laptop. I decided to put the removed screws of the opened "access plate" on the laptop itself. Bad Idea.
I turned the laptop around brainlessly, screws fell on the ground. I only found one, and I'm still looking for the rest.
When the laptop was eventually turned on again (with only the battery attached), it didn't start. No power light, no fan, nothing. "WTF?" I said. Upon plugging the power in and turning it on, it started up, and booted into XP.
XP Now shows that the battery has an "unknown" capacity left, and when I unplug the power, it stays on, as it usually would.
I'm wondering if this problem is derived from a short, static (which would shock me; I've built desktop computers with no problem) or something else. I'll be soon getting a technician to have a look at it, but if it's something simple, I'd rather do it and save myself a fair bit.
Specs for the laptop are in the second line of my sig.
Cheers
wiru-will
The other day, I fiddled around with my laptop. I decided to put the removed screws of the opened "access plate" on the laptop itself. Bad Idea.
I turned the laptop around brainlessly, screws fell on the ground. I only found one, and I'm still looking for the rest.
When the laptop was eventually turned on again (with only the battery attached), it didn't start. No power light, no fan, nothing. "WTF?" I said. Upon plugging the power in and turning it on, it started up, and booted into XP.
XP Now shows that the battery has an "unknown" capacity left, and when I unplug the power, it stays on, as it usually would.
I'm wondering if this problem is derived from a short, static (which would shock me; I've built desktop computers with no problem) or something else. I'll be soon getting a technician to have a look at it, but if it's something simple, I'd rather do it and save myself a fair bit.
Specs for the laptop are in the second line of my sig.
Cheers
wiru-will
Last edited by wiru-will (2008-11-02 08:36:04)