OK PC gurus!
Help required if poss for my poor old laptop. I tried to install a PCI express soundcard today. As I restarted the laptop with the card in place it froze at the Lenovo start up screen., I tried a hard restart and this time it didn't even light up the screen at all. No CMOS, nothing, the power led comes on and the HD led flashes once then goes out, no activity. If I take the SATA HD out and try it in another PC I can explore it ok. Seems like maybe a PSU problem? Oh yes, the soundcard works fine in another laptop but in mine it got very hot!
Also I think the card wasn't plugged in properly when I restarted the laptop and I pushed it home during boot up...
I think my laptop has had it, do you think there's any chance of repair??
Help required if poss for my poor old laptop. I tried to install a PCI express soundcard today. As I restarted the laptop with the card in place it froze at the Lenovo start up screen., I tried a hard restart and this time it didn't even light up the screen at all. No CMOS, nothing, the power led comes on and the HD led flashes once then goes out, no activity. If I take the SATA HD out and try it in another PC I can explore it ok. Seems like maybe a PSU problem? Oh yes, the soundcard works fine in another laptop but in mine it got very hot!
Also I think the card wasn't plugged in properly when I restarted the laptop and I pushed it home during boot up...
I think my laptop has had it, do you think there's any chance of repair??
added the HD back in and it booted, must have got locked up somehow and disconnecting everthing allowed it to reset, or maybe just having the battery out for half an hour did the trick. CD drive back in and all working, don't think I want to try the PCX card again though..
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