HP G6000 will not turn on

Hello,



My sister has an old laptop that hasn't been used for years. I thought that for the lols I would try to start it up. To my surprise, it turned off and on and off and on until it finally booted up completely. My sister's old files were there. I want to back up all those files to put on her newer Windows 7 laptop.


I was playing a game that was installed on that computer, but then the game stopped responding. I pressed Ctrl + Alt + Delete, and nothing happened. The screen was completely black.


So the last resort was to hold down the power button until it instantly switched off. I tried turning it on again, and the three lights at the bottom of the laptop flicker and turn off again when I press the power button, and nothing else. I tried running it without the battery while it was still plugged in, and it still woulden't turn on. Even if I took out the plug while the battery was still in, the lights would still flicker. The battery was cold, I have no indication that the laptop is charging. However the rectangular box where you plug in the cable that leads to the mains is warm.

I have searched the internet, and apparently if you hold down the power button while the battery isn't in, it will drain the remaining battery life memory. Apparently I may have to do a "hard reset", however I must keep the files saved onto the laptop.


- Peter.

Are there any noises coming from the computer even when it won't startup?
Have you tried attaching an external monitor to see if anything is happening?

You can likely recover the files by slaving the hard drive to her new system, using something similar to this device: CoolDrivesSATA and IDE Hard Drive & Optical Drive USB Adapter Kit COMBO

usasma said:

Are there any noises coming from the computer even when it won't startup?
Have you tried attaching an external monitor to see if anything is happening?

You can likely recover the files by slaving the hard drive to her new system, using something similar to this device: CoolDrivesSATA and IDE Hard Drive & Optical Drive USB Adapter Kit COMBO

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No, there are no noises. Just complete silence. Only the lights are flickering.

It sounds to me like it's well and truly dead for you. I'd focus my efforts on retrieving the data, then take it in to a shop for an estimate.

Check the power adapter and it's connection to the system.
Check the battery to see if it's accepting a charge (from the lights on the front).
Try starting it with only the battery - and then try starting it with only the power cord.

usasma said:

It sounds to me like it's well and truly dead for you. I'd focus my efforts on retrieving the data, then take it in to a shop for an estimate.

Check the power adapter and it's connection to the system.
Check the battery to see if it's accepting a charge (from the lights on the front).
Try starting it with only the battery - and then try starting it with only the power cord.

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The lights at the front still flicker if I just start it with the battery, but nothing happens with the power cord.

And the lights don't show if it's charging.

Yep... recover data and get an estimate.