My laptop (Dell Inspiron 6000, out of warranty) was plugged in and idling. The screen blacks and wouldn't respond so I do a hard reset.
Afterwards I couldn't bring the laptop back up. The power light was on and upon startup I would hear the hdd and cd-rom power up. However there was no POST screen and no beeps.
I then tried booting off battery and thinking it was possibly the video card plugged in an external monitor. Nothing works.
I later drove home and tried one more time to boot and the laptop works fine now but I'm afraid to turn it back off. Can anyone think of a good reason why I couldn't turn on my laptop earlier?
Afterwards I couldn't bring the laptop back up. The power light was on and upon startup I would hear the hdd and cd-rom power up. However there was no POST screen and no beeps.
I then tried booting off battery and thinking it was possibly the video card plugged in an external monitor. Nothing works.
I later drove home and tried one more time to boot and the laptop works fine now but I'm afraid to turn it back off. Can anyone think of a good reason why I couldn't turn on my laptop earlier?