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Posted by Barry Watzman on May 16, 2006, 11:18 pm
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You apparently did something while taking it apart, e.g. you didn't put
it back together right. A very quick one, did you reconnect the CMOS
battery(s)? Retrace your steps (might mean taking it apart again).
It's not the screen closed sensor (unless you left the sensor
unplugged), without the magnet it would think "screen open", not "screen
closed"
Greg Andrzejewski wrote:
> Hi,
> I acquried a Satellite 2455-S305 that worked great except the hinges
> were completely worn. The screen would not stay in position, and would
> either fall all the way back or fall closed. Today, my replacement hinges
> arrived. I installed them, reassembled the laptop, and powered it on.
>
> When the laptop is plugged in, the green light for the AC adapter comes on,
> and the orange battery light comes on as if it's charging the battery. When
> I press the power button, the power light illuminates, but nothing comes up
> on the screen. No beeps, no fans, the hard drive doesn't spin up, the DVD
> tray won't eject. I tried hooking up an external monitor with the same
> result.
>
> Originally I thought this might be due to the laptop thinking the screen was
> closed and going immediately into sleep. I assume that the p000347830 Sensor
> SW Magnet has something to do with triggering whether the lid is closed or
> not. But, the behavior is the same whether the fromt bezel containing the
> magnet is attatched or not.
>
> Any ideas of things to try? Are there certain things the laptop will not
> power on without? Is there any way to reset the BIOS to factory settings?
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
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