Author: Simon Capstick Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Hardware - laptop fails to start
Steve Kirk wrote: > On Sunday 15 March 2009 10:17:21 Vic wrote:
>> If nothing happens from those tests, find the memory & make sure it's
>> seated properly. The Pavillions usually put main memory under the
>> keyboard - it's a pain to get to. There's also usually another DIMM
>> slot under a panel on the underside
>>
>
> Thanks Vic (and everybody else) - it seems to be working currently so I
> would guess the screen is ok. If it decides not to start up again then
> I'll investigate the memory.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
That's also indicative of a screen failure. I've found backlights can
become intermittent before failure.
