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tudorlaptop · 01-20-2010, 03:23 PM

Edit...This post originally started: Help help help!

Screen is blank and will not boot. Power is on and fan is whirring

Earlier this week installed the Runcore Pro SSD. Have had the Samsung in the caddy for a few weeks. Tonight turned off so I could boot to the SSD and disaster. Power comes on and then off. Then is comes on again and the wireless light, sound mute light etc come on. However the screen stays completely black.

Have tried removing battery and holding down power key and starting again. Have tried removing caddy and booting just from SSD. Have tried removing SSD and booting just from HDD in caddy. Same thing. Black screen, fan whirring and nothing else
Tried booting with external screen plugged in, nothing.

Edit:

I then remembered that this happened once before. I had resolved it by borrowing a HDD from someone at work with the identical laptop and putting theirs into my case. Do not know why it worked but it did. So as a last resort I put the old original HDD back in its bay and hay presto, up came the BIOS and the laptop booted up. In some ways it is just as well I now have the "spare" HDD. On closer recollection the problem started when I pressed the power button to shut down when the laptop seemed to be "stuck". Something obviously gets stuck in the BIOS that changing HDD cures

TudorLaptop

01-20-2010, 03:23 PM	#372 (permalink)
tudorlaptop Notebook Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 27 Rep Power: 7	re: HP 2510p Owners Lounge Edit...This post originally started: Help help help! Screen is blank and will not boot. Power is on and fan is whirring Earlier this week installed the Runcore Pro SSD. Have had the Samsung in the caddy for a few weeks. Tonight turned off so I could boot to the SSD and disaster. Power comes on and then off. Then is comes on again and the wireless light, sound mute light etc come on. However the screen stays completely black. Have tried removing battery and holding down power key and starting again. Have tried removing caddy and booting just from SSD. Have tried removing SSD and booting just from HDD in caddy. Same thing. Black screen, fan whirring and nothing else Tried booting with external screen plugged in, nothing. Edit: I then remembered that this happened once before. I had resolved it by borrowing a HDD from someone at work with the identical laptop and putting theirs into my case. Do not know why it worked but it did. So as a last resort I put the old original HDD back in its bay and hay presto, up came the BIOS and the laptop booted up. In some ways it is just as well I now have the "spare" HDD. On closer recollection the problem started when I pressed the power button to shut down when the laptop seemed to be "stuck". Something obviously gets stuck in the BIOS that changing HDD cures TudorLaptop Last edited by tudorlaptop : 01-20-2010 at 04:38 PM.