When I start my laptop, Compaq Presario, it does not get past the startup screen, it does...?
...not boot even after restart? My laptop hangs on the Compaq logo screen. I have tried to reboot, tried taking the battery out, and have tried other electricity outlets. I also checked Compaqs website and still have to try removing and reinserting the memory chips. Any other ideas?
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1 :
This does sound like a loose or damaged RAM chip or hard drive. I would take out both and clean the contacts before replacing
2 :
Sounds like it isn't loading the OS, but give a little more info please. First off what OS are you using? Can you boot it in Safe mode or in last known good config? if not, you may either have a problem with a corrupted boot, OS, or bios or a messed up MB or something (happened to my friend with his dell laptop). We can narrow this down a little later. If you can't get it to even show the screen for these menus, then it's going to be harder to fix. Try to hook up your hard drive onto another tower or laptop and see if you can boot into it. If you can, then it very well may be a hardware problem.
3 :
if you installed new software or hard ware recently that's your problem
4 :
That sucks! I am sorry about that. If you don't have warranty on it and you don't want to pay lots of money to take it to a local repair shop, you might have to put in the CD that came with it and reinstall it. The problem with that is that you might lose all your data.
5 :
It maybe that your HDD has been disabled in yout BIOS settings, is there any reason this could have happened or failing that your hard drive may have died on you... How long have you had it? The other possibility is a corrupt installation of Windows but I would put my money on a failed HDD.
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