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so, my 3 week old Lenovo isn't booting up
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:40 pm
I push the power to turn it on. It starts to run like it's going to boot, then shuts down and restarts the process over until I hold the power button to turn it off.
Wtf is wrong with it?
Wtf is wrong with it?
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Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:50 pm to Black
Not sure, but try this: unplug, remove battery, hold power button for 30 seconds. Replace battery and try to turn it on.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:52 pm to Korkstand
It's a desktop
ETA: but I did the equivalent to that and still didn't work.
ETA: but I did the equivalent to that and still didn't work.
This post was edited on 7/6/14 at 9:53 pm
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:56 pm to Black
Insert windows cd and go through startup recovery. Sounds like the boot process is messed up.
Posted on 7/6/14 at 9:57 pm to Black
Does it post?
Posted on 7/6/14 at 10:05 pm to Black
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It's a desktop
Ah, well, we need to figure out at what point it resets. As another asked, does it finish POST and begin to boot Windows?
Posted on 7/6/14 at 10:19 pm to Black
First, check the reset button (if there is one) and make sure it's not stuck/depressed into the chassis slightly. Unlikely as it is, that's happened to me once and caused a similar boot loop.
If it's powering on, then powering off/resetting and turning back on over and over, and during all this time you see nothing on the screen (no POST), it is likely a problem with power delivery within the motherboard. That often means the motherboard itself has a defect (or something as simple as a short), but can also be a problem with a 12v rail on the PSU or (far less likely) a defective CPU. There's also the possibility of RAM, but a typical symptom of bad RAM with standard JEDEC specs is simply no post rather than constant rebooting.
I'd tell you to do a whole bunch of shite to check, but this is a 3-week-old retail build. Lenovo or Best Buy (or wherever you bought it) needs to take care of it.
If it's powering on, then powering off/resetting and turning back on over and over, and during all this time you see nothing on the screen (no POST), it is likely a problem with power delivery within the motherboard. That often means the motherboard itself has a defect (or something as simple as a short), but can also be a problem with a 12v rail on the PSU or (far less likely) a defective CPU. There's also the possibility of RAM, but a typical symptom of bad RAM with standard JEDEC specs is simply no post rather than constant rebooting.
I'd tell you to do a whole bunch of shite to check, but this is a 3-week-old retail build. Lenovo or Best Buy (or wherever you bought it) needs to take care of it.
This post was edited on 7/6/14 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 7/6/14 at 11:03 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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If it's powering on, then powering off/resetting and turning back on over and over, and during all this time you see nothing on the screen (no POST),
All this shite here
Just started all of a sudden today. Planned on bringing it back to Best Buy but wanted run it by this board first
Posted on 7/7/14 at 8:42 am to Black
Return it
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