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19-May-2007, 07:48 AM #1
How do I get laptop out of sleep?
I work from home via a work laptop. Since the last time I turned it off I can't get it turned on again.
I don't get a boot screen. All the little icons light up on boot, the fan starts but the the moon and Z stay lit.

How do I get it to start properly or does it sound like it's developed a fault?
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20-May-2007, 09:09 AM #2
may have developed a fault
remove the power and remove the battery
then plug it all back together and switch it on as normal
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20-May-2007, 10:16 AM #3
Thanks for the reply.

I'll try that.
I'm not getting any activity of the IDE LED so I'm guessing a broken hard drive. Is that what you suspect and are there any tests or buttons I can press?


The laptop fan comes on when it powers up and stays on permanently until powered off.
A bootable Cd-ROm starts off the Cd drive but it stops after a few seconds.
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