Laptop wouldn't turn on

[Farang]

I close my laptop and let it go into sleep mode. A few hours later I open it up and it is off completely. I press the on button and nothing is happening. I make sure it is plugged in, in case the battery had drained, and it was the whole time. In a last ditch effort I took the battery out and put it back in, and it turned on again.

Is this a sign of things to come? Should I be worried? Is the apocalypse coming?

 

[imported_Uber]

occasionally that happens with an old laptop I bummed off some friends who weren't using it anymore. If I try to hibernate it or put it in sleep mode, it goes all wonky, and I have to unplug it, yank the batteries, and then put everything back and turn it on.

I don't have an answer, but you're not alone.

 

[imported_Uber]

Well, this is disappointing. Does nobody care about our laptop distress?

 

[krnmastersgt]

Either that, or a lot are like me and have no idea how to help ^^;;

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: krnmastersgt
Either that, or a lot are like me and have no idea how to help ^^;;

That's what I figured.. I feel like a dumbass asking this because it is just a simple problem, but if a laptop doesn't turn on I'm all out of ideas besides pressing the button over and over.

 

[Rottie]

If you want a good answer maybe you could tell us about brand name of your notebook so we or someone else might have the answer with same problem?

 

[imported_Uber]

Mines a Compaq, but its been regutted and re-OSed.

 

[Rottie]

What model? I have a Compaq I don't have any problem but it is only 5 months old now it always goes to sleep a lot and I wake it up nothing goes wonky.

 

[imported_Uber]

Lets see here... Armada E500.
Its an older one.

 

[Rottie]

old mean it is dying....time to put it into retirement time to get new notebook

 

[TC91]

try disconnecting the battery and power cord, and hold the power button down for 30seconds straight then replug the power cord and try turning it back on.