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fatreg
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yo cyco.
ive been given a lil job by a mate.
his brief was "it doesnt switch on"
so yippe i thougth.
oh and btw it a lappy.
so i strip the thing to bits.. remove all hardware and with just the battery and motherboard it still doesnt turn on.
do i just assume its proper dead or shall i remove the bios battery and take it from there?
cheers the man who can.
fatreg
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dude_se
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have you tried charging it and trying a new battery. that should be the first step lol. its always the simple things that create big problems. it could be a range of things including a faulty psu
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Cycovision
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Yeah, i agree with dude. It won't be anything to do with the bios battery that's for sure. If you don't have access to a new battery and compatible charger for testing purposes, then you've pretty much had it 
Daft as it sounds though, have you put an AVO (electrical testing meter) on the two wires from the power switch to make sure that it's working? Highly unlikely but it wouldn't be the first time I've seen it 
If it's still t*ts-up with a new battery and charger and the switch works alright then obviously we're looking at one very expired motherboard
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fatreg
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well the battery says it charged with the little button on the side of it...
im going with the motherboard is pooped...
joyous.
cheers guys
fatreg
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jmash
Joined: Jan 18, 2006
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From: Nelspruit,South Africa
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@Cyco or anyone
I'm in need of your help as l'm so so desperate.
My pc used to link pretty well with my p800 through docking station and now it can't.This happened after l used AVG antivirus to scan the pc.After the scan l started getting this note"server busy,this process can't complete because the other program....click switch to or retry to..." and then this one pops up"mRouter acces failed".I've uninstalled and re-installed the pc suite a hundred times with no luck!Please help me guys since l can no longer use my pc with my phone!
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Cycovision
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Could be a number of things but the first thing I'd try is to turn off all firewalls (including the Windows XP one). I have to have mRouter explicitly allowed in my firewall settings to get my P910 to sync, but that might just be a quirk of my PC!
Next, have a look at your running services. Click 'start', 'run' and type in 'services.msc' without the quotes. Look down the list for anything Sony-Ericsson related and make sure that they are all started.
If you have no joy there, I'd then do a System File Check. Click start, run and type in sfc /scannow. This will make sure that all critical windows files are intact and replace any that are not. You will need your Windows XP disk for this.
If none of those work, you might be looking at a repair reinstall or even a full reinstall of XP But I'd wait and see if anyone else has any ideas to try first.
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jmash
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I've tried the two suggested options.With no luck.Tell me can installing xp all over again solve the problem?and do you install a OS over the current one,or do l have to remove it first.l've never done that before!
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Cycovision
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Reinstalling would almost certainly cure the problem. Windows XP has a 'repair reinstall' option that replaces the entire operating system but leaves your currently installed applications and your personal data intact. Only problem is, it doesn't always work
Still, it's worth a try but I STRONGLY suggest that you back up all of your important data first just in case.
What you do is put your XP disk in and boot from the CD to start the setup program. After a while, it'll ask you to press enter to start the setup routine. You'll be presented with the option to either install windows or use the 'repair console'. DO NOT SELECT THE REPAIR CONSOLE! choose the fresh install option and after a while, it'll tell you that you already have a windows installation and offer you the chance to press 'r' to repair it. This is the one you're after!
There's a few things to bear in mind though. Very often a repair reinstall takes out all of your device drivers, just like a fresh install does. Make sure that you have all of your driver CD's handy. Also, you will need your original product key that matches the disk that you are installing from and you will have to visit windows update after the repair reinstall to ensure that your OS is fully patched.
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jmash
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I'm definately gonna try this one out.Thanx a lot man and I will let you know of the outcome! |
Cycovision
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Bump!
You don't get rid of me that easily 
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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its cuz everyone has seen the lioght cyco and uses macs now!! 
hehehehe...
fatreg
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Cycovision
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Not in France they haven't!
Apple's Jobs says 'Non!' to the French
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fatreg
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maybe i was dreaming..
its a shame i still need windoze on here.. but i do.. my mac cant run all the "legal" apps i need!
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Cycovision
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hehehe
Yeah, I'd love to go totally Linux but again, there's certain things that only Billy's cash cow can do properly. In between the spyware infections and blue screens, that is
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fatreg
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true..
but if the app comes out that lets me run all .exes in mac i wont need billys cash machine ever again.. dunno why im calling him billys cash machine.. i've never paid for m$ products.. not once.. well no retail price anyway.
fatreg
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Posted: 2006-07-11 16:30
