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Bootfailure R30

#1 Post by hjanzen » Sun May 06, 2007 9:02 am

Hi,

As from to-day my R30 does not boot any more.
After depressing the power switch the only activity are the three leds for power, battery and hibernation going on, and after about 20 seconds you can hear the fan getting active.
The screen remains totally black.
Depressing Fn + F4 makes no difference.

Any suggestions?
Regards Hans
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#2 Post by ryengineer » Sun May 06, 2007 9:14 am

Can you connect it to external monitor?
"I've come a long, long way," she said, "and I will go as far,
With the man who takes me from my horse, and leads me to a bar."
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Bootfailure R30

#3 Post by hjanzen » Sun May 06, 2007 9:44 am

I just tried that but the external monitor screen remains black as well.
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#4 Post by ryengineer » Sun May 06, 2007 9:49 am

Case of bad memory or motherboard to me.
"I've come a long, long way," she said, "and I will go as far,
With the man who takes me from my horse, and leads me to a bar."
The man who took her off her steed, and stood her to a beer,
Were a bleary-eyed Surveyor and a DRUNKEN ENGINEER.
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#5 Post by hjanzen » Sun May 06, 2007 9:58 am

Could well be, but why is it that the hibernation led is on?
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#6 Post by ryengineer » Sun May 06, 2007 10:16 am

Hibernation led is connected to HDD connector, HDD itself and the system board FRU's. This is what R30's manual says.
"I've come a long, long way," she said, "and I will go as far,
With the man who takes me from my horse, and leads me to a bar."
The man who took her off her steed, and stood her to a beer,
Were a bleary-eyed Surveyor and a DRUNKEN ENGINEER.
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R30 Bootfailure

#7 Post by hjanzen » Sun May 06, 2007 11:49 am

Thanks,

For your info that I have removed the HD and all Memory but no beebs whatsoever at start-up, so I am afraid that the system board has expired...
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Re: R30 Bootfailure

#8 Post by ryengineer » Sun May 06, 2007 11:59 am

hjanzen wrote:For your info that I have removed the HD and all Memory but no beebs whatsoever at start-up, so I am afraid that the system board has expired...
:( How old was it?
"I've come a long, long way," she said, "and I will go as far,
With the man who takes me from my horse, and leads me to a bar."
The man who took her off her steed, and stood her to a beer,
Were a bleary-eyed Surveyor and a DRUNKEN ENGINEER.
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R30 Bootfailure

#9 Post by hjanzen » Sun May 06, 2007 12:07 pm

I bought it new in 2001.
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#10 Post by ryengineer » Sun May 06, 2007 12:38 pm

I will be very wrong if I say it's still under waranty.
"I've come a long, long way," she said, "and I will go as far,
With the man who takes me from my horse, and leads me to a bar."
The man who took her off her steed, and stood her to a beer,
Were a bleary-eyed Surveyor and a DRUNKEN ENGINEER.
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R30 Bootfailure

#11 Post by hjanzen » Sun May 06, 2007 12:58 pm

Too bad...

Thank goodness I still have my 600E doing fine!
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