My VA250D when powered on has all the lights come on and stay on (power, wifi & 3 other lights), fan spins, but can't get the bios to post to screen or an external monitor. I can't use the power socket at the moment as it needs replacing, but the battery I'm testing it with is good (have used on another machine). I'm testing with no cd/rom or hdd installed. Memory seems to seat okay.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated :o) - there doesn't seem to be much help on this model on the internet ?!!
Many thanks x
There are lots of VA250D on ebay with this exact problem. I have a working one and picked up a dead one to repair. I thought it was a corrupt BIOS but swapping the flash IC from the working laptop (not easy to do) did not fix it. Nor did swapping the processor make a difference. So looking for a solution myself but looks unlikely it is a simple BIOS corruption issue.
I am in college, this would be my second computer (my current laptop is too cumbersome to carry), so...
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I am in college, this would be my second computer (my current laptop is too cumbersome to carry), so it just needs to do Internet, MS Word, and MS Powerpoint, maybe movies when I travel and sometimes iTunes. (I will be buying MS Office and an external cd/dvd drive.)
Would you buy an HP Mini 311 with WIN 7 or Toshiba Satellite T115?
HP
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&series_name=mini311_series&a1=Category&v1=Mini
Upgrades:
-Windows 7 Home Premium
-from 1 GB to 2 or 3 GB RAM (how much?)
-maybe upgrade hard drive
-N280 Processor
-Wireless G card with Bluetooth
Price: $529.99 - $594.99 (depending on RAM and/or hard drive)
Toshiba
http://laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/satellite/T100/T115-S1105
As is, no upgrades.
Price $479.99
my blu ray discs no longer work. it does not even show the disc being in the drive. yet normal data...
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my blu ray discs no longer work. it does not even show the disc being in the drive. yet normal data cd's work fine.