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Who is responsible for checking/ blocking a laptop from booting due to low battery? Motherboard's POST, bootloader or the kernel?
is it the motherboard's post that will prevent a critically low battery from continuing with booting up the OS?
is it the bootloader's responsibility? (e.x GRUB)
or is it the kernel who runs some ...
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Getting 5 beeps plus another 5 beeps on a ThinkPad T440p
So, I am trying to repair a ThinkPad T440p for a family member, and I am getting the 5 beeps of death. It is a T440p with an i5 and Nvidia Graphics.
Basically, when I press the power button, it beeps ...
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Asus ROG GL752V Laptop stuck at Logo, wont POST, can't access to BIOS
I've been having this problem after updating my laptops windows, when I turn it on, it won't go past the asus logo and I can't access to the BIOS either, I disassembled it and disconnected everything ...
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Notebook won’t post with 4Gb RAM
I'm trying to upgrade the RAM memory of an old notebook from 1x2Gb to 1x4Gb:
2Gb (top stick)/4Gb (bottom stick) DDR3 SO-DIMM
According to the manufacturer specs, this notebook supports 8Gb max (2x4Gb)...
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Dell Inspiron 5378 won't boot (or complete POST) after black screen
I have a Dell Inspiron 5378 (i7 7th Gen) that was delivered in June 2017 (out of warranty). It is running Windows 10.
In the middle of use today under AC adapter power, it simply shut off (black ...
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Asus Laptop not posting turns off (kb backlight turns on) then turns off after a minute
I have an Asus FX504GE that isn't posting (screen stays black) but kb backlight turns on, then laptop turns off after a minute or so.
Brief Background
Bought it back in Nov/Dev 2019. It had some ...
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Laptop gets stuck on dell logo
I have a Dell Inspiron 11 3000 laptop. Haven't used it in a while, now I tried booting up and it freezes at the dell logo. I removed all external peripherals, removed the WLAN card, and disconnected ...
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Cause of intermittent POST failures on Dell Latitude E6530?
I have a much loved Dell E6530 laptop that is gradually getting harder to boot. When you press the power button the power light comes on (nothing from the HDD light) and the DVD drive clunks, then ...
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Diagnose a Asus N550JV laptop that turns off during POST
On my Asus N550JV laptop, if I push the power button, it lights up for half a second then turns off. The green indicator light on the front lights up when AC is plugged in.
I tried unplugging, ...
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BIOS not reaching post
GT70 0NC-012US
Issue: BIOS not reaching POST.
Backstory:
Several days ago my slave HD started to lock up the OS with any related programs running from that disk. In an attempt to fix it, I used ...
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Dell Inspiron 1764 will not start
Lappy's screen was flickering and the webcam was working only intermittently. There was a lot of ping pong sounds which I narrowed down to device disconnect events, presumably the screen or webcam. So ...
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My laptop fails to POST or boot consistently
I'm sporting a Dell Inspiron 15 (M5030), the specs for which can be found here.
Over time I've made three upgrades to the laptop. I've installed:
An Intel Advanced-N 6235, wifi+bluetooth 4.0 chip to ...
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Laptop freezes before/during post
I have an Asus K70AB which has had an issue for a while. When it boots, there's a chance it'll freeze for an indefinite time before it seems to start doing anything. What it will do is:
The lights ...
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Laptop hangs on POST and does not finish except on rare occasions
I have an old Toshiba Satellite A100 laptop that hangs on POST when I try to start it. On rare occasions it does finish the POST and boots Windows successfully, but most times it just finishes it ...
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HP Pavillion dv6 laptop - 15 beeps on startup and a black screen?
Usual story - girlfriend's step-brother's laptop is broken. I don't know a huge amount about what occurred before it broke, but I do know the following:
When you try to turn the laptop on, it beeps ...
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