On 9 Dec 2005, at 17:41, conor at discuskeeping.com wrote:
> Quoting Timothy Murphy <tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie>:
>>> I'm wondering if any of the ILUG geeks can suggest a solution
>> to a problem I'm having with my ancient Sony Picturebook (C1VFK).
>> The hard disk on this recently went wrong,
>> but after replacing it I no longer get the SONY logo -
>> the screen lights up when the powert-button is pressed,
>> but nothing else happens.
>> Remove the HDD, does it POST?
My very question Conor - can we split the 100 quid? It's entirely
possible that an older laptop might have a hissy fit if presented with
a disk it doesn't like, where doesn't like could be one of a few things
e.g. size, status (master/slave/CS) ? Of course it could simply have
been dying, and the replacement hard disk was the final indignity.
Niall
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