[dd5339]

Help! Come on Freepers, save my laptop!

[Time is now]

I have never seen a computer that would not power off by pressing and holding down the power button until the system shuts down.

[bad company]

http://www.gunsamerica.com/catlist.cgi?type=rifles


That's all I've got.

[cripplecreek]

A 5 gallon bucket of water shuts em down every time.

[dennisw]

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Pull out the battery. Unplug the laptop from power. Hold the power button down for a couple of minutes. Plug it back in and try to get into bios. Let me know if this worked. (I have seen it work before)

[unixfox]

Compaq Armada M700, PII 366.

The 90's just called, they want their laptop back.

[tje]

Remove all power, that means the battery too. Let it set for a while, then power it up without the battery.. Just the brick.

I have several old notebooks that I still use, but I keep to the OS that was orginally shipped with the system. I even have one that's still running Windows 3.1, but I hardly use that. (It has a monochromatic, non-backlit display and can run for 8 hours on rechargeable AA ni-cads.)

[meeps]

Get an undamaged XP disk and try to start it with that disk in the CD drive.

[the OlLine Rebel]

"It kept asking for the XP disk and would not power down with the on/off button."


I hate "intelligent" computers.

I love the old days when power off meant power OFF.

In your case, perhaps do the ultimate - pull the plug. Or take out the battery. Or whatever.

I just got a new PC set up yesterday (cheap, on top of it), and I'm scared what's going to happen.

[dennisw]

How to reset your laptop --->>>

http://www.digit-life.com/articles/compaqarmadam700/

[Casloy]

Three rules I live by.

1. Always hold down the off button till the computer shuts down.

2. Never buy a used laptop. Anything that goes wrong will cost more to fix than the laptop is worth. And it is a rare geek friend who can fix a laptop.

3. Buy a Mac. You will never have XP problems again.

[tacticalogic]

Okay, here's what you should do. Gather up all the guns and ammo in the house, and send them to me.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Tech support is on the way....

[freedumb2003]

"I weell not buy this record, eet ees scratched"

You need to replace the bad CD, unplug the battery, wait long enough for any transient juice to clear (15 mins - 1/2 hour), re-assemble the whole thing. Don't mess with the disk drive -- that should have a partition where the System info is (used to be ROM BIOS, but not these days)

Or just take the who thing to the seller -- was this new, retail?