[alanmzifa]

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?

[etaf]

may have developed a fault
remove the power and remove the battery
then plug it all back together and switch it on as normal

[alanmzifa]

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.