Compaq Laptop won't power up

[Mitternacht]

I got a hold of a Compaq 1700, and when plugged in, the power led flashes real quick on and thern stays off for 1/2 sec. It does it with battery in and AC cablle plugged in, w/o battery and w/ ac cord.

Anything I should try?

[Greco101]

mobo fried?

[Spawn-Inc]

maybe the battery and ac cord are shot, get a volt/multimeter and see if you getting the correct voltages.

[Luke122]

try a different charger if possible.. you can do what I did. Take it in to Futureshop, and ask to try it with a generic one to make sure it works. If it does, sweet. If not, oh well.

[Greco101]

If you got it for free, throw it on ebay. There are always buyers for everything haha.

[Mitternacht]

If you got it for free, throw it on ebay. There are always buyers for everything haha.

Yea, friggin' Nigerians that live in the UK; that'll work out good.

[Greco101]

hahaha, ya they're out there but you just gotta contact ebay and relist it for free. As long as you list it with immediate payment required you should be OK....ish. haha.


.............Damn Nigerians............... .

[Computer-Geek]

Yea, friggin' Nigerians that live in the UK; that'll work out good.

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[Blebbz]

Sell it for spare parts lol. Perhaps get some adapters so that u can use the hard drive and DVD drive in ur desktop (if you have one), you could even try and get the monitor to work with a desktop, but i don't know if that's possible lol

[Luke122]

Sell it for spare parts lol. Perhaps get some adapters so that u can use the hard drive and DVD drive in ur desktop (if you have one), you could even try and get the monitor to work with a desktop, but i don't know if that's possible lol

The LCD could possibly be used, if you can find a suitable controller.. but those are neither cheap nor plentiful.

Mitternacht: Does it do anything if you keep holding the power button down? I've seen some that you have to hold in for 3-4 secs to power up if the battery is dead (or unable to hold a charge).