laptop woe.. hope its somethin easy

just wont boot up..


plugged in..worked last night..

at the front the green powerlight is on.. and the battery light is lit orange..

but it wont come on??

is there an F? button I have pressed by accident or how can I shut it down and start it again whilst I cant see what I doin on the screen??.


tis very odd

have you tried tapping all the keys individually? sounds dumb I know but my lappy does the same thing if I leave it for a while. It goes into like an idle mode i think its my enter key that brings it out of it.

i will try that-- me thought it may have gone in to hibernate.. but i thought hitting return wudda sorted that out.. me will try .

Quiff, what laptop is it? (Manufacturer & model).

Chances are it's hibernating (green/orange combination is hibernation on Toshiba's IIRC). But without knowing what laptop it is, it's a little tricky to tell you how to wake it up again.

If it is hibernating, it's pretty safe to press & hold power for 5 secs, this will turn it off completely (all lights except the AC will go off). Then just hit power again to turn it on.

[Richie]

turn it upside down and see if there is a tiny reset hole underneath that you can stick a tooth pick or opened out paperclip into, this happen'd on my Compaq...
hths Bud..

[ophic]

Another suggestion: unplug it from the mains, take the battery out, wait for about 30secs, then put it all back and try again.

Originally Posted by Baph

Quiff, what laptop is it? (Manufacturer & model).

Chances are it's hibernating (green/orange combination is hibernation on Toshiba's IIRC). But without knowing what laptop it is, it's a little tricky to tell you how to wake it up again.

If it is hibernating, it's pretty safe to press & hold power for 5 secs, this will turn it off completely (all lights except the AC will go off). Then just hit power again to turn it on.

done that - didnt work

tis a Sony Vaio



been watching apprentice then travelling back to mine- sorry

Originally Posted by Richie

turn it upside down and see if there is a tiny reset hole underneath that you can stick a tooth pick or opened out paperclip into, this happen'd on my Compaq...
hths Bud..

me no see no reset button

Originally Posted by ophic

Another suggestion: unplug it from the mains, take the battery out, wait for about 30secs, then put it all back and try again.

BINGO !!

Ophic you da man !! : smt026:s mt026:sm t026

Quiff is back on the laptop !...

[ophic]

I'm on a roll today glad it worked