Hi Victor. Can you try to boot the computer from another drive such as a CD or floppy disk? Many computers come with a boot CD for that purpose. The first time you start a new computer, if it has a 3 and 1/2 floppy, it will ask you to create a recovery boot disk. How many of you have done that?
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Blind Handyman Listserv" <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 8:18 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Question for the Engineers > Hi All, > > I recently came across a problem that is forcing me to go to a > professional for help...Yeah, I know, I've used the dirty word... > > Anyway, my problem is this... > > I think my motherboard is fried on my laptop, but I have no way of making > sure that it is or not. I mean, let's face it, there must be a hundred > reasons why a computer won't boot up. Suffice it to say, that the > computer does get power to it, I can here things running in the > background, but the hard drive stays put, and I don't here any sounds from > it. My brother says he does not see any lights emitting from the hard > drive light, and at some point, the laptop just sits there looking at me, > like it's waiting for me to make the next move. > > My brother thinks it might be the motherboard, or a controller on the > motherboard. > > My question is, whether a person can check if the motherboard is working > properly or not, without actually having to rip it out of it's current > location and putting it into another computer, or laptop, as the case may > be. > > Can one check this sort of thing with a continuity tester to make sure all > of the connections are alright, or if it's fried, to check if there's a > break in the circuitry. This does not have to be done through a blind > person, at this point, I would accept help from a sighted stand point, if > anything, just to save me the expense of paying someone 50 to 60 bucks an > hour to look at an overgrown paper weight. > > Anyway, your help would be much appreciated. > > Victor Gouveia > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > (Yahoo! ID required) > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SktRrD/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/86xolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
