Hello Chaps,
3-4 days ago I was on my laptop, it was working fine, I left it on the side to grab some lunch and came back to it and it had turned itself off. The laptop had become overheated (which has happened in the past but not for a while). I went to turn it back on but the only light that appears is the power on (the first of the three lights at the bottom left of the laptop itself). Nothing else happens, the fan heats up a little, not too much and the screen stays blank. There are no beeps or anything like that.
What I have done to troubleshoot the issue (I AM NOT A TECHY - wish i was!)
- Connect HDMI cable to TV to make sure it is not a laptop issue but my TV cant pick up a signal - this makes me think its a 'boot' issue.
- Take battery out plug in power hold power of button put battery back in - i have tried a few combinations here but nothing has worke
It terms of the tech spec its a dell insprion 1564, 3 years old (ex warranty) core i-5 processor, 4gb ram, 500gb hard drive, windows 7 64 bit OS, no hardware modifications from initial purchase.
I am at a bit of a loss as to what to do - i have a hunch it maybe a faulty motherboard, but as i say i am no techy. Other thoughts could be the overheating could have melted something - it was hot but not that hot - as I say i am no techy and at a real loss here so any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Mike