Armada E500 problem??
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From: BillW50 on 11 May 2010 10:58 In news:4be93918$0$279$14726298(a)news.sunsite.dk, JBJ typed on Tue, 11 May 2010 13:03:11 +0200: > "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> skrev i meddelelsen > news:hs7kn0$vfu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> In news:4be74e46$0$282$14726298(a)news.sunsite.dk, >> JBJ typed on Mon, 10 May 2010 02:08:58 +0200: >>> "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> skrev i meddelelsen >>> news:hs4hdl$l8a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>> In news:4be5ab09$0$276$14726298(a)news.sunsite.dk, >>>> JBJ typed on Sat, 8 May 2010 20:20:12 +0200: >>>>> Hello, a friend has a Compaq E500 PIII 900Mhz, which works fine >>>>> but has 1 strange thing: >>>>> >>>>> When shutting down it powers off and turns off the monitor. Then >>>>> the strange thing begin, 3 lights turns on above the keyboard and >>>>> the fan start running and it will keep running untill you unplug >>>>> the power supply, then it will run for a couple of seconds and >>>>> then turn off. My friend tried to leave it over night and next >>>>> morning the fan was still running. So only way to turn off the >>>>> fan is to remove the power supply. >>>>> Now, I have searched all over the net for an explanation with no >>>>> result. So can someone here explain why its doing so and how to >>>>> fix it? >>>>> As for as I can see the laptop has the newest bios from 2002 and >>>>> as far as I can see there is no bios version that fixes this. >>>> >>>> That sure is weird! A power strip that has a power switch would be >>>> one easy fix. That way you don't have to keep pulling out the power >>>> plug. What happens if the main battery is removed? Does it still do >>>> this >>>> on AC alone? >>>> >>>> As for the three lights, there are 5 of them. See the manual at >>>> page 1-8. Do you know which three of the five light up? >>>> >>>> http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01120671/c01120671.pdf >>>> >>>> There was something else I was going to say. But I forgot after >>>> looking through the manual. Maybe it will come to me later. >>>> >>>> Oh yeah, what OS is installed? Is it Windows? If so, what version? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Bill >>>> Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3 >>> >>> >>> Hi Bill, I dont have the laptop here so I cant try the battery >>> trick, but can tell that the battery works normally and charge to >>> 100% and work without power supply - tested by my friend. As for >>> the 3 lights, it's all the lock lights (Caps, num and scroll). >>> >>> There is XP Pro DK on it, but I can't see that would have an >>> influence since the laptop turns off as normal and then starts the >>> lights and the fan - allmost like for cooling down the laptop >>> before you can put it in the bag, so its not overheating in the >>> bag, because the hot air can't go anywhere - but then never turns >>> off again. >> >> I would try turning it on and going into setup (usually by hitting >> the given function key). Then don't change anything and press and >> hold the power button down until it powers down. Does it stay off? >> >> If that works, this next check is at your own risk. That is to boot >> up Windows, don't open any applications and wait until the hard >> drive stops being accessed. Then hold down the power button down >> until it shuts down. Does it stay off too? >> >> I say this carries a risk. Because about 1 out of 50 times of >> shutting Windows down this way can screw up Windows so it won't >> boot. But if you wait until there is no disk activity, the risk is >> almost nil. But in the rare chance that it does, pressing F8 at boot >> will give you a menu and you can select the last known configuration >> and that should fix it. > > Ok I will see if I can get my friend to try this, he lives 25km from > me so I don't see often. > > In the off chance that the laptop turns off and stays off, what is the > cause then? If the laptop doesn't turn on, that is something else. This can be caused by one or more of the following: 1) Hard drive, DVD, etc drawing too much power. 2) Corrupt BIOS. The CIH virus can wipe out your BIOS. 3) Bad power supply. 4 Etc. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3 |