have you tried removing the l bracket in the battery bay, and then removing and reinserting the hard drive to make sure it's seated properly. Also, while the l bracket is removed, you can eject and reseat the memory modules. These may have shifted in the fall.

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Anyone have any thoughts on this?

To recap;

- dropped 2' onto carpeted floor

- I DO get the startup chime

- I get the blue/grey screen but no startup screen

- I think it's the hard drive I hear spinning

- I can't boot from a DVD

Motherboard?? ..and other things to check?

Thanks!!

[quote|dubi01]have you tried removing the l bracket in the battery bay, and then removing and reinserting the hard drive to make sure it's seated properly. Also, while the l bracket is removed, you can eject and reseat the memory modules. These may have shifted in the fall.[/quote]