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Posted by Quaoar on February 19, 2008, 6:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options SamA13 wrote:
>> SamA13 wrote:
>>> Have a 6 year old HP zt1130 (actual model # F3378H) that started
>>> acting up recently. Sometimes will not boot up. I will get one of the
>>> following: 1.Wont even go thru POST-no bios info shows up screen black
>>> or 2.constant beep noise (doesn't pulse just stays with a constant
>>> tone) screen black, no POST or 3.it boots up and freezes loading XP or
>>> after a couple minutes it freezes. On the rare occasions it does boot
>>> all the way into XP and stays running for more than a few min, it'll
>>> run for hours OK.
>>> It seems that if I run it just off the battery it boots up more often
>>> than not but usually I get the constant tone/black screen/no POST then
>>> I shut it off and power it back on and it usually boots up. I can plug
>>> power adapter cord back in and it seems to run OK.
>>> So far I have replaced CPU heat tape with Arctic Silver compound,
>>> swapped memory, tried booting without CD drive, pcmcia wireless card,
>>> hard drive and get a blank screen. Is this a power socket problem?
>>> TIA for any help.
>>> Sam
>> Could be the DC socket, although if it boots and remains running if the
>> power cable is manipulated, that would rule out the socket. On some
>> notebooks a failing battery causes these problems if the charge is just
>> at the point that the secondary low-battery shutdown is triggered and
>> the notebook shuts down or hibernates, however that is set in the power
>> options or BIOS.
>
> Took it apart yesterday and resoldered the power socket but that
> didn't fix it. The battery is still the original, though it only runs
> for about 20 min on the battery now before it beeps about low
> battery.
> It's frustrating because it doesn't do the symptoms at the same point
> all the time. Sometime it freezes at the bios screen, sometimes during
> xp booting, sometimes after it boots up or it just does nothing at
> all. Maybe the motherboard is shot.
>
> Sam
Well, you could try running chkdsk /f at a command prompt to verify that
the HD is not at fault. You can also set the power options control
panel to lower first and second low power options to see if that might
have any effect on the problems.
Q
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