QUOTE(volrath @ May 3 2017, 10:27 AM)
Guys,
My N55 is 5 year old too, but I stopped using it since 2015 because couldn't boot it up anymore.
It started back then when I tried to do fresh Win7 install on it and midway failed it just hang. Then tried to reboot cannot already.
I didn't check much because it wasn't a priority. Today I tidy up my room found it again stashed and felt kasian and wanna do something about it.
Here's details I can share so far:
1) Can't boot
2) When plug charger, can see orange LED, charger also lights normally so charger/adapter should be fine right?
3) Tried both with/without battery inserted also same
4) Known problem with my N55 since then was my GT555M card kaput liao, checked with a repair guy he confirmed it
5) I did serviced it by cleaning fan and apply new heatsink
6) Is it HDD at fault here? I feel reluctant to buy new HDD/SSD for it if that wasn't the case...so..send to shop again?
Just thought I'd ask here first.
Even if HDD/SSD kaput, you can still see the BIOS during startup. Is there any beeping sound when you turn ON your laptop?My N55 is 5 year old too, but I stopped using it since 2015 because couldn't boot it up anymore.
It started back then when I tried to do fresh Win7 install on it and midway failed it just hang. Then tried to reboot cannot already.
I didn't check much because it wasn't a priority. Today I tidy up my room found it again stashed and felt kasian and wanna do something about it.
Here's details I can share so far:
1) Can't boot
2) When plug charger, can see orange LED, charger also lights normally so charger/adapter should be fine right?
3) Tried both with/without battery inserted also same
4) Known problem with my N55 since then was my GT555M card kaput liao, checked with a repair guy he confirmed it
5) I did serviced it by cleaning fan and apply new heatsink
6) Is it HDD at fault here? I feel reluctant to buy new HDD/SSD for it if that wasn't the case...so..send to shop again?
Just thought I'd ask here first.