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I did try a new battery. Same thing. Even the old battery got to loading after I cleaned up the cabling. So it might not be the battery.

I'm having a similar problem here. After talking to a few people I've got some more ideas. The HD might have developed bad sectors, how I don't know but its a possibity. And another in my case, the bios might need a flash to clean up any problems or conflictions. I'm at my wits end with my...

edit: oops Ok, well the battery isn't the problem. Replacing the battery, or more specifically clearing the cmos and cleaning up some cables got me to the windows loading screen. Then it would restart after that. And like the first time, it would not display or post after that. What could...

Bump Just want to see if there are any other ideas before I got back.

ok update. The battery did the trick, but only to get it back up to the original error. Then after a restart it doesn't show the display anymore. I'm guessing the battery needs to be replaced. Any other ideas before I head back out there tomorrow?

But does that explain the displays not showing up?

Alright heres the story. My friends laptop died a while ago and I told her we could still get all the info off it without having to send it in. Later when she got a new computer we got a 2.5 to 3.5 ide converter and I hooked it up, copied the stuff and it was fine. Booted up, ran fine, not a...