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Same Problem

11 Jan 2013 17:11:34 PST

I had the same problem. I bought a used motherboard online and the same problem Blue lights come on for a couple secon ...

Awesome.

07 Jul 2012 09:02:02 PDT

This worked great for me! Thanks for the awesome advice! ...

Compaq Presario CQ62 FIXED!

05 May 2012 18:24:00 PDT

No f...ing way! I just tried your above-mentioned technique and holy shitfire it worked. Thanks! I was fearing the wo ...

Got Mine back up

15 Mar 2012 20:44:35 PDT

I am sure the real root of the problem is still there, however I was able to get mine back. Here are the details:
Fi ...

Compaq wont start

28 Feb 2012 12:17:51 PST

I just did this on my wifes laptop and it worked great. Hers did nothing when you tried to turn it on. Thank you! ...

Good advice

17 Jan 2012 11:36:40 PST

This is a generic reset that has helped many (laptops too.)
Bob ...

Incorrect information supplied

17 Jan 2012 11:20:42 PST

The information here is incorrect, it is not a hard reset at all. This method only works desktops, as it's called an ATX ...

Found this suggestion somewhere on the net

19 Dec 2011 10:11:48 PST

On the left front of the laptop is a slider button that turns the wifi on and off. Wiggle that button back and forth, c ...

I'm also a Toshiba user.

03 Dec 2011 08:14:38 PST

After going through Dell's, H-P's, Sony's, Acer, IBM-Lenovo's, and just about every other brand of Laptops in the past 7 ...

Gatewauy customer service stinks

24 Oct 2011 12:12:17 PDT

We had some keyboard problems on my granddaughters gateway. They did not respond at all. I got a email saying they were ...

Please tell me how to fix this

23 Oct 2011 21:52:53 PDT

Please tell me how to fix this or where to find the tutorials ...

Compaq Presario F756NR laptop -- SOLVED --

08 Jul 2011 09:21:38 PDT

Problem:
Battery fully charged and power plug attached to laptop, BUT.... Press the Power button. Hard drive and sta ...

ESC key trick

01 Jul 2011 15:07:32 PDT

This worked for me. Was able to do a Restart and that went ok.
Power off/ on - had to hit ESC key again so this is no ...

It's The GPU

23 May 2011 01:11:36 PDT

The improper cooling which results in the GPU getting overheated and dislodging itself from the solder points, is causin ...

thank you

15 May 2011 13:43:47 PDT

this fix worked for me now my daughter can get her music backed up thx ...

Compaq f700 Won't Turn On

11 May 2011 10:54:45 PDT

Don't won't waste your time fixing it. Just sell the good parts and buy another one. It is just not economically feasibl ...

kinda the same issue

04 Apr 2011 10:02:38 PDT

I have the same issue as most on this thread, push power button, acts like it going to come on, then it shuts off. then ...

some progress with video

25 Mar 2011 15:58:51 PDT

For F763NR, the CMOS battery is in the same compartment as the RAM and accessible by removing same cover. I've been un ...

same issue

25 Mar 2011 13:24:56 PDT

I am working with an f730us and ubuntu 10.10. I dropped out of an earlier lockup with a hard power off, so I believe I m ...

F700 power cycling on and off - Problem Solved

17 Mar 2011 13:42:46 PDT

I finally gave up trying to fix the problem. I removed the CMOS battery and the battery pack for good. when I want to us ...

wow u r the man

13 Mar 2011 22:01:50 PDT

wow u r the man unbelievable it worked first time thanks alot i hope everyone else tryies this i cant believe it was tha ...

check the hardware then go for the soft one.

26 Feb 2011 04:34:17 PST

howdy!
1.check the power is on or off.
2.check its inside ,the memory and the fan,clean them.
3.remembering som ...

You just confirmed what I, personally, suggested...

26 Feb 2011 00:29:57 PST

...back in August of 2010. All the way up there, on the first page of this topic thread.

Anyway, Laptops are made ...

Compaq F700 wont start up anymore

22 Feb 2011 13:29:59 PST

I found the answer on another tech board and I was one click from buying another laptop. Here's what you do: Do a &quo ...

Other fix

19 Feb 2011 09:43:04 PST

First things first.

There is a MBD recall for this laptop for the wireless and motherboard problems that cause th ...

Compaq F700 Wont Start Problems

26 Jan 2011 10:09:32 PST

My mother-in-law gave me her F700 because the techs she took it to told her the HD was bad - so she bought another lapto ...

If you follow this discussion

22 Jan 2011 22:03:24 PST

You know not to avoid the maker's supply and that after that you try the generic reset and hope. There are only a few p ...

Compaq F700 wont start up anymore

22 Jan 2011 21:53:13 PST

i am have the same problem as sondrahayes. Blue lights start up but shut rite off. We was also told it was the power sup ...

Look at the other replies here.

14 Dec 2010 14:40:58 PST

Nothing in your post narrows it down. Could be as simple as unplugging the AC cord, waiting a minute and plugging it ba ...

presario 3000+

14 Dec 2010 14:34:06 PST

I have a desktop that our power went out and when it came on the on and off button will not work no matter what we do!!! ...

I have found the fix for power cycleing on and off

09 Dec 2010 17:58:07 PST

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constant rebooting of Compaq Persario F763NR not fixed!

02 Dec 2010 10:52:07 PST

After the "fix" described above, the laptop booted properly a few times and then the problem returned. If I r ...

i had same problem and finally i managed to fix it..

02 Dec 2010 03:15:55 PST

Remove the battery and do not open the laptop for a week or two.. then try to boot your laptop. If it boots successfully ...

For a test fix.

25 Oct 2010 11:48:21 PDT

At the shop we would remove the old DVD drive. Then we would try another drive.
Bob ...

permanent solution for the F700 boot problem?

25 Oct 2010 11:44:40 PDT

Hi kryptoianwonder:

Thanks again for the post. As I mentioned I am able to boot my laptop with the DVD rom open c ...

Brilliant! Thank you so much!

05 Oct 2010 00:20:25 PDT

The CD/DVD drive trick works. I would like to thank you for that. This thread has really helped save my laptop (and all ...

fixed constant rebooting on Compaq Presario F763NR

27 Sep 2010 12:41:20 PDT

I also experienced constant rebooting - power light on, hard drive light on, then hard drive lot off, a couple of second ...

Great News!

07 Sep 2010 18:19:14 PDT

I plugged in the new ac adapter i got in the mail today & the compaq immediately lighted up blue around the rim of the d ...

I can partially explain the costs.

02 Sep 2010 17:27:19 PDT

Shipping is shipping. The fastest the more insurance and that's set by those that do that.

The solder work for t ...

Expensive repair

02 Sep 2010 17:19:40 PDT

Well i got a quote from a company that repairs the dc jack for $79 but they are in Virginia & i would have to ship the l ...

Google research this.

31 Aug 2010 06:47:29 PDT

"LAPTOP POWER JACK REPAIR"

It appears there is an industry for this issue. ...

Compaq's fry out after 2 yrs..

31 Aug 2010 00:30:30 PDT

Well i bought this compaq 730 laptop back in summer of 2007 for $400 bucks at staples & by summer 2009 it started giving ...

battery

28 Aug 2010 18:06:28 PDT

The Dvd rom opening and closing will work even if the battery is not attached to the laptop.

Good luck and this ...

Compaq f700 problems

16 Aug 2010 18:31:18 PDT

Thanks for you suggestion about powering on and quickly opening the DVD Rom and closing it. This worked for me and I had ...

battery

14 Aug 2010 19:52:21 PDT

does it do the same thing without the battery in it? ...

She seemed to have fixed, permanently, her problem.

02 Aug 2010 21:36:28 PDT

For all other posters: Get rid of that problematic mainboard and get yourself another one that can have its Bios flashed ...

And You've Replaced The Power Supply?

02 Aug 2010 11:21:09 PDT

Those symptoms appear to be a power supply failure.

Hope this helps.

Grif ...

Uh Oh

02 Aug 2010 09:19:29 PDT

I have a similar problem, The lights flash and then the whole thing shuts down. It was over heating A LOT when it was ru ...

Thanks alot..this clue solved the problem

02 Jul 2010 10:09:29 PDT

It seems like the system fan was clogged with dust. The ESC key trick let the hard drive power on. The fan did not. Clea ...

I found a way to start up the F700 series laptops

29 May 2010 08:22:36 PDT

Firstly, I do not know what causes the laptop to not start but I have found a way to start it up almost every time.