[planebuilder]

Hi folks, I am new to this board, but i need your help. I have a compaq presario v2000 running windows xp and a celeron processor. Over the last few mos it will turn on and then just a blank screen...I can hear the fan or something running and the power light is on, but windows does not load. For a while it only did this occasionally, but recently it has done it just about every time you turn the computer on. I have found that if i remove the main battery and then push the battery back on it will start every time after doing this. Any help will be appreciated...thanks in advance.


louis

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Battery's probably shot. Shouldn't have to remove the battery every time.

[Neil Jones]

Battery's probably shot. Shouldn't have to remove the battery every time.

[planebuilder]

thanks...might be...but it holds a charge and will run for over an hour on battery alone. So, do you still think a bad battery or maybe somthing else? Thanks again

[Neil Jones]

Could be a bad contact between battery and laptop but short of gently cleaning them with tissue this sort of issue tends to only get worse with time.

[planebuilder]

thanks a bunch....new battery it is. Have a good one

[planebuilder]

cleaned battery contacts best I could....seems to have fixed the problem. I have turned it off and on like 20 times over the last couple of days. Thanks guys.