laptop problem

here is the thing.... I hear the laptop turn on but it wont load up the hard
drive. i have arlready tried installing a new hard drive for it and tried to
install windows xp again. i know it is not the battery because the laptop is
getting the juice. the fans turn off as soon as it tries to load up... what
is the problem here?

Eaglesmavericks wrote:
> here is the thing.... I hear the laptop turn on but it wont load up
> the hard drive. i have arlready tried installing a new hard drive
> for it and tried to install windows xp again. i know it is not the
> battery because the laptop is getting the juice. the fans turn off
> as soon as it tries to load up... what is the problem here?

- Contact the hardware manufacturer for service and suggestions.

- Can you get into the system BIOS?
- If yes to the "system BIOS", can you set it to boot from CD and then
actually *boot* from a CD?
- If yes to the "system BIOS", does it auto-detect the hard disk drive
okay?

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