FAO JAY - PC Woes ;-(

[Len]

It might be 3.5 inches long!

[_Adam_]

what you need is one of these

http://www.kenable.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=4197

lets you plug any hard drive (sata or IDE 2.5 or 3.5) in via usb.

[Organisys]

what, no backup ?


 

[Jay]

plug it into an external monitor or TV.

It could be a number of things wrong, graphics card, CPU, RAM or motherboard and without having compatible parts to hand you'll be hard pressed to find which of these it could be. You could get it repaired but it'll cost 1/2 the price of a new laptop.


As others have said best to get a 2.5" SATA external caddy and get all your data off it, you can then use it as a portable drive when you've got your data back 

This is why we always either upsell warranty extensions to older machines if people don't want to buy new machines or sell machines with full engineer on-site next business day warranties 

what, no backup ?


 

I should get round to that someday 

[F17BAD]

i did a back up the other week but theirs recent thing i need desperate

Cheers Jay, ill look into it but i think its the end of the road for the Compaq

[Bellend]

Could be interested in it if you're gonna get rid mate. Would have to be next week though. Personally, I'd say if no beeps etc CPU or motherboard.

[F17BAD]

only thing that happens when u press power button is all lights come on as normal then 1 second later they all go off as tho its shutting itself down again

laptop was expensive when new, circa 850 quid its a shame its come to this, my mates HP did the exact same, ill never own one again

Had a compaq before this one and it was solid but the new one was made under HP 

its in next to mint condition too

been looking at  a DELL E4300

need a PC for Acid Pro and Soundforge or id just not bother with another, and get another Mac book Pro instead for my music and DJ stuff and use my current Powerbook for replacing the Compaq

[F17BAD]

cheers for the imput mate

iv tried to boot it up with and without the HD installed and its the same either way

battery takes charge still when its plugged nto the AC adapter tho

[CCGTI]

drop it off to me mate i will get it checked out for you, got a great contact and can have it back to you for end of next week

[dom]

Am I right in thinking that the SATA connection on a laptop HDD is the same as a desktop?

If so & you fancy a trip down to Donny I'll wack it in my comp, copy the files to my PC & can either burn them to DVD or stick them on an external HDD or USB drive for you?