I have a 3 yr old Compaq Presario V5000. It was left on last night (no auto hard disk off option) and I found it dead this morning.
Although there is power through AC adapter, there was no LED whatsoever.
When I tried to start there would be the Compaq logo momentarily, and then the screen goes black. If I try Ctrl+Alt+Del 3-4 times the screen comes back for a split second but with the Compaq logo with no sign of a booting process.
I am not sure why it's not booting. I tried reseating the RAM chips but that has only resulted in the power charger LED (i.e., the one with a lightning symbol) to come on steadily (as opposed to blink). Recall that this morning no LED was on with the AC source still supplying power to the laptop.
The only change lately has been a change from an aftermarket power adapter to a Compaq adapter 2 days ago. I know the new adapter is good because it has served my Armada M700 without any problem for years. The aftermarket adapter used to die on its own leaving the battery battered! Now that the laptop got a better adapter it's having this strange problem!!
PLEASE HELP!!!
Although there is power through AC adapter, there was no LED whatsoever.
When I tried to start there would be the Compaq logo momentarily, and then the screen goes black. If I try Ctrl+Alt+Del 3-4 times the screen comes back for a split second but with the Compaq logo with no sign of a booting process.
I am not sure why it's not booting. I tried reseating the RAM chips but that has only resulted in the power charger LED (i.e., the one with a lightning symbol) to come on steadily (as opposed to blink). Recall that this morning no LED was on with the AC source still supplying power to the laptop.
The only change lately has been a change from an aftermarket power adapter to a Compaq adapter 2 days ago. I know the new adapter is good because it has served my Armada M700 without any problem for years. The aftermarket adapter used to die on its own leaving the battery battered! Now that the laptop got a better adapter it's having this strange problem!!
PLEASE HELP!!!