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Red light flashes but does boot.

This a work computer that was gutted and by an ex-employee. I am trying to put it back together however it won’t boot. If I hold the power button down for a few seconds red light pulsate but not thing happens. No fans ramping up or nothing. Please help.

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Posted: Jul 4, 2019

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Are you using the original charger that comes with the laptop? Sometimes if the charger is not powerful enough / original it may refuse to charge the battery or power the laptop without battery.

Try these if you haven't already:

Powering it on without battery but charger plugged in.
Unplug any non major components for turning the laptop on such as USB daughter boards, optical drive, speaker cable.
If there is a coin battery present in the board try removing that for 5 minutes then put back in and try turning the laptop on. That resets the settings on the board's bios.

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Red light flashes but does boot.

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