May 20, 2005
Request Of Assistance
If someone of my readers is familiar with MiTAC notebooks, I have a request for assistance.
My notebook, a 7521T in basic configuration, ceased to function. When I press the On/Off button, often it does not start - the power light turns green and the HDD revs up, but the screen remains black. After a few tentives it may start, but usually it freezes suddenly shortly afterwards.
The computer's battery does not hold the charge anymore, but I fail to see how this fact may be related to the problems I'm experiencing even using AC power.
I tried to reinstall Win2k Pro, but the installation program returned a "Disk error on unit C:", and anyway after completing the first phase of the installation the computer freezes making further advancement impossible. I have my HDD partitioned in two 10GB partitions, and I may install Windows in the D: unit, but I want to be sure there are no other problems before going that way, or it'd be wasted time.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Update 21/05: I'm writing this from the notebook mentioned above, which came suddenly back to life. I managed to reinstall Win2k, and so far everything looks fine.
My notebook, a 7521T in basic configuration, ceased to function. When I press the On/Off button, often it does not start - the power light turns green and the HDD revs up, but the screen remains black. After a few tentives it may start, but usually it freezes suddenly shortly afterwards.
The computer's battery does not hold the charge anymore, but I fail to see how this fact may be related to the problems I'm experiencing even using AC power.
I tried to reinstall Win2k Pro, but the installation program returned a "Disk error on unit C:", and anyway after completing the first phase of the installation the computer freezes making further advancement impossible. I have my HDD partitioned in two 10GB partitions, and I may install Windows in the D: unit, but I want to be sure there are no other problems before going that way, or it'd be wasted time.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Update 21/05: I'm writing this from the notebook mentioned above, which came suddenly back to life. I managed to reinstall Win2k, and so far everything looks fine.
Comments:
It's either the motherboard or the hard drive; the screen staying black and the fact that it's inconsistent says motherboard, but the disk error sounds like hard drive. The bad news is that either of these problems probably means the machine's toast.
I backed up all my important files on an external USB HDD a while ago, when my notebook started to manifest worrying symptoms.
A new drive wouldn't be so expensive, but I'm afraid a toasted motherboard means trouble. Also MiTAC service is less than stellar here, and It'll be August before I can go to Italy and eventually see the retailer.
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A new drive wouldn't be so expensive, but I'm afraid a toasted motherboard means trouble. Also MiTAC service is less than stellar here, and It'll be August before I can go to Italy and eventually see the retailer.
