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    Mitch56 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 3, 2011, 04:39 AM
    Laptop almost complete failure - Any ideas (Symptoms below)
    I've just been asked to look at my Bulgarian friends (there are language issues) Satellite A210-19D laptop.

    On boot:
    The hardware powers up when connected to mains power
    The CD drive is read in the boot sequence
    There is no hard-drive activity
    There is no display
    The screen setting is not set to external monitor, I've toggled between.
    The fan is running
    The battery does not hold a charge.

    My friend suggested that the hardware was overheating.

    Any guidance wrt what the difficulty might be/what I should be considering would be most gratefully received
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    Feb 3, 2011, 05:12 AM
    My next step would be see if the laptop boots to a bootable CD such as a Ubuntu Live CD. If nothing happens at that point (no display, no hard drive activity) then the hardware may be toast.
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    Feb 3, 2011, 06:32 AM

    Have there been any recent hardware/software changes to the system?
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