Ubuntu

Computer won't boot up

Asked by david on 2008-08-24

I have been running Ubuntu Linux for about 6 months. Yesterday I turned on my computer and it won't boot. The screen is just black and it won't do anything. Any suggestions on what I can try?

Thanks

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Last query:: 2008-08-24

Last reply:: 2008-08-24

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Tony Mugan (tmugan) said on 2008-08-24:

Sounds like a hardware fault.
Does it beep? is the fan running? Does the LED on the keyboard light up when you hit CAPS LOCK? Does anything show on the screen *at all*?
I would suggest opening the box and taking out the cards that are in there (apart from the video card if that's a separate card).

Does it then show anything on screen?

If so, start putting the cards back in to see which one is responsible for the fault.

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david (lostone5652) said on 2008-08-24:

Hi,

It doesn't beep, the LED on the keyboard do light up, nothing on the screen *at all*. Its a laptop,should I still follow the same suggestion you metioned?

Thanks

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> Tony Mugan proposed the following answer:
> Sounds like a hardware fault.
> Does it beep? is the fan running? Does the LED on the keyboard light up when you hit CAPS LOCK? Does anything show on the screen *at all*?
> I would suggest opening the box and taking out the cards that are in there (apart from the video card if that's a separate card).
>
> Does it then show anything on screen?
>
> If so, start putting the cards back in to see which one is responsible
> for the fault.
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