Laptop blew up?

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Nov 2 2006, 12:08 pm
2 days ago my laptop wouldnt boot up. The lights turn on for about 2 seconds then it justs turns off. I sent it to Besy Buy to get it fixed since i got that 3 year warrenty service thing. What do you guys think happened to it from experience? One person told me my processor most likely blew.
Nov 2 2006, 3:33 pm
At first I thought your laptop (the whole thing) exploded.

Ummm...I think that its your hardware unless you saw erratic behavior before the incedent.
Nov 2 2006, 8:11 pm
If I could guess, I would say your laptop overheated and something burned out.

Does your laptop per chance happen to have a Pentium 4 in it?

Those things melt babies.

~Kujila
Nov 3 2006, 11:01 am
Well...isn't that the first sign that somethings up?
Nov 7 2006, 11:54 am
In response to Kujila
It acts like it wants to start up, the lights turn on on the power button. It is a pentium 4, and I would say it generated ALOT of heat. It ran good for a whole year, then I guess it couldnt stand the heat. (no pun intended)

It just hurts if they can't fix it since I had a few good BYOND projects going on it.
Nov 7 2006, 12:01 pm
In response to Tazor07
Have you tried replacing the battery or anything like that? I never dealt first hand with laptops and things like that, but I know it's a common thing for portables who use rechargeable batteries for them to start acting like that.
Nov 7 2006, 12:07 pm
In response to Dark_Shadow_Ninja
You know, I thought that too. The batterie is still reading 100% I'm trying to remember if i removed the battery and tried just plugging the ac adapter in. It's a possibility then I guess.
Nov 9 2006, 3:04 pm
In response to Tazor07
off topic but was it dell that was recalling laptops with so and so a battery becouse they were lighting on fire
lol :)

my friend has a dell laptop i better get some marshmallows and head over to his house >.>
Nov 9 2006, 4:19 pm
In response to Boraken
No, awhile back a certain line of them where going right after the warranty. Or something silly like that, I never looked into it, just heard a lot of stuff about it.