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black screen/will not boot

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Name: Corey
Date: August 29, 2004 at 17:49:43 Pacific
OS: xp home sp1
CPU/Ram: pent m 1.3/512
Comment:

Screen flickered on restart and then went blank on my notebook computer. Now when I press the power button, the power comes on, but it does not reboot even from the cd rom and the screen remains black. No hard drive activity either when restarting.



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Name: uppercrust
Date: August 29, 2004 at 19:35:29 Pacific
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i suspect the cpu went south, or memory chip came loose in its socket. someone may have dropped the lapper


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