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Laptop won't boot

by boaty6 Dec 2, 2009 10:13AM PST

It is an old sony vgn-fs810ZW. I think that i left it on the vent for the fan so i put on some new thermal grease on the cpu hoping that would fix it. if i take the heat sink off of the cpu and then put it back together then led come on for a second and then shut off. Otherwise nothing happens. Any ideas wat is wrong

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by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Dec 2, 2009 10:17AM PST

Either the cheap part (CMOS battery) or the expensive part (motherboard.) You can't imagine how many times it's one or the other.

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thxs.
by boaty6 Dec 2, 2009 10:25AM PST

so it won't be the cpu at all.

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Many CPUs are well protected.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Dec 2, 2009 10:49AM PST
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thxs
by boaty6 Dec 2, 2009 11:02AM PST

thxs. again

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