Need Help Purchasing A Laptop

i remember before SP1 in vista... try to copy 5,000 files - time remaining: 12 hours.
after SP1, time remaining: 2 minutes.


wtf?

Well we have finally moved so I told my wife to read this thread and to go buy something today.I told her she could spend up to $600 what's the odds she spends more?

So I had a Toshiba laptop that always ran hot, had it for years, and usually could resolve most quirks. The other day I came home, turned it on, and...
nothing. no bios screen, no home screen the power light comes on, but there is no harddrive activity whatsoever.

I took out the harddrive and reseated it, I took the ram out, and reseated it. I let it charge for more than enough time, and I took out the battery, and reseated it.

Still nothing. Anyone have any ideas, or is it officially dead?

No beeps? Sounds power related then. Take the battery out and use just the AC adapter. Then put the battery back in. I just had a 2 year old Lenovo that I was working on and that did the trick.

Thanks, no beeps, nothing. I did try just AC, and didn't work either. My assumption is that the bios chip overheated, but I have never actually seen a computer that didn't atleast read the bios.

Yeah, I wonder if there's a solder gap? Is the lcd screen backlight on? Usually you'll get a beep code, though. If you have time to waste, look on Youtube for reflowing a motherboard. It's worked for me several times and it only costs you a thermal paste tube/patch (plus the joy of completely tearing apart your laptop). You might be able to get a mobo cheap online and replace it, instead.

I will tear it apart and see what I find. Thanks
:headbanger:

laptop motherboards aren't cheap. $100-250 depending, so you can get a new system for that.

it's probably not the bios chip, it's probably the power supply on the inside of the laptop, that tends to be a high fail item. if the northbridge etc ran superhot and the thermal transfer failed between it and the heatsink, that could cause a brick too, but it's less likely (the chip would be dead at that point) -- that happened to a laptop gpu years and years ago for me.


microcenter has a $400 15.6" dell i5 (win8) right now. office depot is still the easiest and cheap.

Whats the difference between a Laptop, Notebook, or sleekbook? The name. How does this one look ior what I need?

HP Pavilion Sleekbook 15-b085nr (http://www.officemax.com/technology/computers/laptop-computers/product-prod4780020?cm_sp=spb-_-laptops2-_-offer2)

Whats the difference between a Laptop, Notebook, or sleekbook? The name. How does this one look ior what I need?

HP Pavilion Sleekbook 15-b085nr (http://www.officemax.com/technology/computers/laptop-computers/product-prod4780020?cm_sp=spb-_-laptops2-_-offer2)

Notebook is the new trendy name for a laptop.

The Sleekbook must be a HP product name. The dimensions say it's 1.41" thick so that must be the reason for the name.


Don't forget Netbooks! (the mini-laptops for internet browsing)