Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71381/ 2008-08-29T20:52:09-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71381/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2008-05-03T02:24:01-05:00 john albrich http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71381/?l=1#535054 Kash said: <div class="quote">...So let this be a lesson: If you computer stops working, go to the airport with it in a bag, and drop it. It'll work for you.</div><br /> <br /> A few months ago Gerritt proferred the &quot;whack a mole&quot; procedure for fixing HDD drives. It was one of several advanced technology methods proposed at the time.<br /> text/html 2008-05-03T00:55:18-05:00 Kash http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71381/?l=1#535050 Thanks for the help, but here's a hell of a fix for you...<br /> <br /> You know how they say you shouldn't (or in some cases, should) beat the computer? Well, after a month of it not working (and not really trying to trouble shoot it), I was in the airport going to my new duty station, and I dropped my bag really hard. Not on purpose, my elbow was f**ked up from wrestling a few days prior, but it dropped pretty hard.<br /> <br /> &quot;Crap,&quot; I thought, &quot;now it will never work.&quot;<br /> <br /> So I got to my duty station and figured, what the heck, I'll give it one last spin. Let's see what happens.<br /> <br /> Sure enough, I plug in the AC Adapter, hit the power button, and it boots up just fine. Like I had just shut it off 5 minutes ago. All my stuff is there, there's no errors, no odd noises.<br /> <br /> So let this be a lesson: If you computer stops working, go to the airport with it in a bag, and drop it. It'll work for you. text/html 2008-04-29T01:47:59-05:00 john albrich http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71381/?l=1#534764 If the keyboard won't even work to let you enter BIOS setup, then I believe it is unlikely to be an HDD problem.<br /> <br /> You should be able to remove the HDD (and CD/DVD drive) entirely, and still be able to enter BIOS setup, manipulate settings using the keyboard, etc.<br /> <br /> If you have multiple circuit boards (sticks) or RAM, then (with the HDD removed) try booting with the RAM sticks installed only one at a time.<br /> <br /> <br /> edit to add-<br /> If you do decide to try removing/disconnecting the drives, be careful. The connectors on notebook drives can be delicate. Also, don't forget to follow appropriate ESD (electro-static discharge) handling procedures with the computer and the components. text/html 2008-04-29T00:06:48-05:00 Kash http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71381/?l=1#0 I have a Cyberpower Inc laptop. It was working perfectly fine one minute (I was playing Enemy Territory, watching movies, loading iPod, etc.). I shut it off and everything was fine.<br /> <br /> Or so I thought.<br /> <br /> The next morning I woke up and turned it it. Hrmmm, that's weird. The USB mouse and touchpad still work, but the keyboard does.... *Hard shut down*<br /> <br /> When I go to turn it back on, it won't get past the post screen, the keyboard is non-functional, and I have no USB devices or a CD in the drive. When I last got into the BIOS, I turned the HDD to boot first, followed by optical drive (Don't ask why, I know it's probably not smart, it's just something I do).<br /> <br /> But yeah, now the laptop has been sitting around for a month, collecting dust because my hours are too jacked up to call Cyberpower.<br /> <br /> Does this sound like a bunk HDD?