Laptop shut off, will not turn back on [Solved/Closed]

Totally worked, THANKS! Thought I was gona have to get a new one.

you are a genius, it worked, i'm shocked, thanks so much!!!!

Incredible..Best Buy support says send it in $80.00 even IT at College said $250.00 at least to repair.Thankyou so much.

Hey ! That was wonderful advice !! It worked like a beauty. what is the problem ? I have never had this issue before.
Is this a virus or something ? Or is some hardware problem. I thought it was a bad battery and ordered a new one.

Thanks very much

Gopinath

Hello tictactoe,

I have a notebook that has developed an issue with turning off right around the time the password is requested. It will attempt to load again after hitting the power key again. It powers down in the same way holdiing the power key down for a few seconds would, very abrupt. Also, after a lot of trial and error, I have some other unique issues that have left me stumped. The battery will receive a charge, and the computer loads and runs fine for the (extremely short) duration of battery life. I realize that the battery could use a replacement that's not my concern. The computer will only shut down unexpectedly when it is plugged in to AC power, whether its connected to the normal power supply or the serial port when using a docking station. This will occur regardless of whether or not the battery is in place at the time. Another strange variable is the fact that it will also load and operate without error while in safe mode even when its plugged in. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

my laptop didnt turn on at first, but i did what u said and it turned on, but im waiting on it fully fixing atm. Thanks anyway. you helped alot.

tictactoe.
I love you
i was so sad that my laptop didnt work but i did what u said and now,
IT WORKS.
Thank you so so so so much. Its unbelievable how happy i am now :D

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH IT WORKEEEDDDD

Thank you so much for the help!I thought I was going to have to send my computer off and lose my wholke master's degree portfolio! I got it back on- thanks to you Tic tac toe!

hiiiii frend,,,,, my laptop is suddenly getting shutdown,,, the problem isnt cured even with the help of startup repair.... whenever il try to run a game,it suddenly gets switched off. Is it due to long usage for hours and hours??? And also my laptop is brand new,,,,dats y im troubled,plz get me a solution....

Thank you so much! I had the same problem and your advice resolved it. You are a god!!!!

What a life (and wallet! :-)) saver!! This tip also cured a unexpected shurdown and refusal to 'power up' on my Medion laptop. Many many thanks...

Worked again!

Hi I had the computer on with 2 open pages on the net and left it on with no one useing it, when i came back to use the computer the lights worked but the screen would not show any thing (blank) as if not on,
I had to turn off the cumputer with the power button,
Do you know what the problem may be if you dont do you know if anyone else does
Regards, Treeman.
Cumputer is Dell inspiron 1525 loaded with windows vista

Mr. Tictactoe
worked great for my Gateway T6330u
god bless you

Fixed it! thought the laptop was buggered and i really didnt want to go messing around with computer people

Brilliant solution - I had already ordered a new battery on line before reading your solution, but never mind - it could have been a new computer!

Hi tictactoe, I dont really get the instructions do you have to put the charger in and then put in the battery? Could you explain more. Thanks

Dear Sir,

I have had this problem with my ACER ASPIRE 3600 twice. It would shut down by itself and would not turn back on. There are no light indicators and the power button is unresponsive. The first time around, I just left it as it was, and when, after almost 5 days, I tried to turn it on, it turned on normally.

The second time, it again shut down suddenly and would not start. I tried to start it but to no abail. I took it to a service center and they charged a heavy "INSPECTION FEE", just to tell me that my laptop is history. The motherboard is gone and I should sell it to a junk shop. I almost dumped it and it stayed in my drawer for almost 3 months!!! Last night I took it out to dismantle it and to remove the hard drive to use it as external drive for my desktop. For no reason I plugged it in. And lo and behold! It started as if nothing had happened.

I read your "HOLD THE POWER BUTTON FOR 30 SEC" answer on the net and wanted to ask you if that solution applies to my laptop too. It is working now, but who knows when it will do that again. Please advise me about it.

Another problem I noticed is that everytime i use a DSL cable connected to the LAN, my laptop doesnt turn off... It restarts again and again. Can you please help me with that too?

Hello,

I have had this problem twice with my Acer Aspire 3680. It shuts down by itself. There are no light indicators and the power button is unresponsive. The first time around, I just left it as it is and hen I tried to turn it on after five days, it turned on normally.

The second time it didn't listen to me. It shut down suddenly and wouldnt respond despite my best efforts and patience. So I took it to a servise center. They charged me a real heavy "INSPECTION FEE", only to let me know that my laptop was history and the motherboard was gone. The best thing I could do with it was to sell it to a junk shop. I almost dumped it and it remained in my drawer untouched for almost 3 months!

Last night I took it out to dismantle it and to remove the hard drive, which I intended to use as an external drive for my desktop, and some other things that I wanted to give away to friends who needed them. Almost accidentally i plugged it in and there was the power light! I turned it on and it sarted up as if nothing had happened!!!

I read your "power off, remove battey, hold upside down, press power key for 30 sec..." solution and wanted to ask you if that applies to my laptop also. Though it is working right now, I don't know when it will crash on me again. If you could also explain a little, the science behind the procedure, that would clear the minds of many people like me and will reduce the number of quiries you get about the same tpic.

Another problem... The same laptop works very well when I browse the internet using a wireless connection through a router. But when I use a LAN connection through a DSL cable, it doesn't turn off when i try to shut it down. Instead, it restarts again and again until I remove the DSL cable and shut it down. Can you please help me diagnose both these problems? It will be a great help... God bless...

My Aspire One wasn''t working and with your tip I got it to boot. Thanks so much.

You are my HERO

I tried everything other people said bar taking apart my laptop nothing worked until i tried your solution!!

Thank you SO MUCH

Rach <3

woo! thanks tictactoe
i thought id completely broken it =]

xxxx

I had the same problem with my laptop and your solution worked very well ! Thanks a million ! God bless you !

THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!!! Do you know what was wrong with the laptop?

tictactoe,

Your solution... saved me. I've been struggling with this battery/power supply problem for almost 7 months, jiggling everything every which way, totally dismantling the laptop and putting it back together (gateway TA1) thanks you SOOO much. My laptop is vital to my success in business. Thanks man.

DJKen0sis

what do you mean main supply???

Thanks so much! You're a lifesaver! ;)

can a step by step info mr.tictato

Tictactoe's advice worked for my Gateway T-6330u. Why did it happen though and will it continue? Thanks!!

Hey, as said my Toshiba laptop turned off and will NOT turn back on. I haven't tried your method of the battery and power supplies yet because when i plug in any supply it makes off sounds sending a charge through it and burning smell. Im afraid its going to blow the mother board, if not already blown. Aside from this when i did plug in the power supply the light for power would rapidly blink and a small high pitched buzz came from the device. The computer is only 1.5 years old and is high up kept in maintenance. It is usually used 12 hours a day at most. The battery is in need of replacement but im not so sure that this is whats wrong with it. Can somebody please help?

Thanks so very much. Simple instructions and it worked like a charm.

Thank you so much for your straightforward answer. They should put this in the troubleshooting section of every laptop manual and give you the credit due. Another Gateway laptop has been saved!

when i did everything you said it still didn't work do you know why?

you are a genius. thank you

THANK YOU SO MUCH! It really worked...I had a lot of things to do tonight and I had already spent all afternoon with the IT team because they were fixing another HD issue and when I got home my tp wouldnt turn back on again...I just did what you advised and it worked perfectly....thanks a lot...

you are a lifesaver my computer shutoff and didnt turn back on so i tried this and pressto thanks

OMG! Thank you soooooooo much! I was convinced i'd have to get it serviced or something ^^ you are GOD sir, GOD.

Tictactoe - that's quite incredible! I cannot understand how this could possibly work but it does!! Can you explain how this is fixing the problem?

I tried to do as you said, "take out battery and powersupply, then hold down power key for 30 seconds, then put in powersupply only not battery, then put in battery after it starts." However, i still am having the same problem, my screen will not show any sign of being on. The computer itself is on, but no image on the screen.

Fantastic ... now am back online. Thanks a bunch!

TAKE OUT BATTERY, REMOVE MAINS SUPPLY, HOLD POWER BUTTON DOWN FOR 30 SECS PUT POWER SUPPLY IN ONLY DO NOT PUT IN BATTERY TURN ON LAPTOP NOW PUT IN BATTERY

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It worked!!!! Thank you soooo much! I love you, so much I want to hump you. Really though, this worked perfectly. Computer usually will just shut down lock itself as a self-defense mechanism when anything could potentially ruin the motherboard. This is a perfect way to override it. I LOVE YOU!!!

OMG you just saved my life... thank you soooo much!!!!

o my god....thank u so much, i was going to cry since i thought I lost my paper for my final. n it worked!!!!magic!!! u have no idea how much u saved me, i would hug u right now if i could.
thank u thank u

I just had the same problem while working on a deadline, and after almost hyperventilating, I calmed down and ran to another computer with internet. I googled the question and this came up. I immediately followed your instructions and I'm back in business. You're advice is still running strong a year later. Thank you everyone who made it possible - tictactoe, kioskea, google, my mom, God, and everyone else....no back to work. Merry Christmas!

Tic,

Absolutely phenomenal...thanks. Baby daughter was playing and presto! Off went the screen.

Much thanks.

2 questions:

1 how does this work

2: why did it happen

thank you. you saved us a lot of hassle on having to return our new computer. your a genious and thanks again

thank you tic tac. the method worked very easy and saved me a lot of money from taking it for service. again i am reminded how critical backing up is.

Hi that worked last time i did it but this time it's not doing anything... do you think if i leave it over night it may correct it to retry in the morning? i'm so upset i've got so much stuff on there for my fiance for his birthday

Thanks it worked for me too.

Hi I had the same problem and my laptop is still plugged into the wall and it only shows the battery light but nothing else. It won't turn on and I have taken your advice and tried it but it never worked for me. Is there anything else that I could try before taking it in and spending big bucks to get it repaired by the professionals?

I went to use my laptop tonight and turned it on like always...and you can hear it start but the screen is BLACK. I tried all your ideas but none of them works at all. Any ideas before I have to go and spend some big bucks to get it fixed. I know it's out of warranty by less than a month. HELP!!!!!

I tried that it didn't work. I took out the battery and held down the power button...it was plugged in but still doesn't come on?????? HELP!!! maybe I did something wrong in the process of it

thumbs up tictactoe,

i had the same problem and trying your simple solution got my laptop back to lofe. you are the best.

thanks so much

Thanks a ton dude...i was so freaked out...u made my day

hey i have the same problem, but mine will not turn on and the only thing is the light comes on nothing else

You're a lifesaver, mate. Thanks.

THANK YOU SO MUCH tictactoe!!! YOU HELPED me so much! Every picture I have from the last 5 years is on my GATEWAY. I just bought a new MACBOOK PRO 5 days ago and planned on moving everything to my new laptop, but when I sat down to do it the GATEWAY turned off and would not come back on. Thanks to you I am up and running again and I am not going to waste another second I am going to backup and transfer RIGHT NOW!!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

I tried your tips and nothing came up.
I think something is wrong with the Laptop rather than the power supply.
Any advice ?
xx

Thanks for the tip. This worked perfectly! Any idea what causes this in the first place?

YES!!! Thanks man! I was getting desperate and pessimistic. I didn't think there was a chance in hell that this trick would work, but it did!!!

Man I love the internet!!

I have a ace aspire 4420. I tried this and it tried to boot up the light came on and it started to make some bootup noises and then went completely blank again

It works !
Have sepent 4 h to open this crap (x1000) and started to remove different devices, nothing helped. Just about to dropp it to the trash! Found this easy solution, thanks, thanks :-)

Great!!! You are Champ!!

OMG! thank you so much! you were a lifesaver!

tictactoe, you are a genius! i was working on an essay for the next day when it just shut down, but thanks to your advice, i can at least turn it back on again. Would you know it shut down suddenly? Again, thanks a bunch!

hey tictactoe um nit didnt work for my gateway laptop.. by in chance would you be abl to tell me why.

Hi! It worked on my desktop machine as well. It went haywire when I pressed the power button before it was done shutting down... Your solution (without the battery part, obviously) helped my situation too.
Thanks a million tictactoe!

tictactoe,
Thank you thank you very much your solution worked perfect on my HP DV 5T laptop.
Thanks again !!!

thanks tictactoe worked great on my SONY VIAO NR310E laptop.

it worked on my mums too :)
thankyou

worked for me (I have a Toshiba tecra a4).
I spent two hours to figure out how to solve this proble, I also thought to reinstall windows. But this simple solution worked. Thanks.

Worked like a charm ... thanks a ton Dude.

Works like a charm!!! thank u thank u thnak u!!!!! :))))

ura freaking magician

Thank you! Worked perfectly... I was so scared I got a virus!

you ROCK!

u are a genius, i was piss scared because i'd only had mine for 1 day

thanks , i can not believe it worked.

Just tried it..and that method worked perfectly!! This person knows what there talking about!!!

tnk god it worked... i was really scared..

thanks a lot. unbelievable answer. thx

Genius! Thankyou very much.

This didn't work for me. I 've tried it all day long. Any other advise?

while using a hair blow dryer, blow hot air while pressing power button. This works every time!

YOU R A LIFE SAVER!

were do u blow the hair dryer into

MANY THANX worked staight away :-)

thanx peoples this worked instantly :D u guys arez the bestest

I laughed when i read this.. But out of desperation i tried it and counted out to 30... I cant believe this worked... Ho wthe heck did this actually work... OMG... I am so happy.. Seriously try it.. It works... Makes me wonder about my other ;aptops that had problems and were supposedly unfixable

OMG! This is a great solution! Thanks, man!

dis dead ass wrks im not a computer wiz so i didnt t hink it was laghable i thought it was a genuine troubleshooting technique nd it wass thnx alot

Simple and great solution that saved me two weeks without my laptop if it goes for service. Thanks.

holy crap this actually worked

that is balls, this doesn't work.

Thank you so much!!!!!

amazing, worked for me! mine is a hp.

WTF IS A MAIN SUPPLY?

seriously dude.. what's a main supply?

the main supply is the power that is plugged into the wall( your charger)

This absolutely works! I can't believe it! Thank you so much!

supperb it worked thankyou

OMG THis really worked it just magically turned on thank u so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that is crazy, i have no idea how it worked, but it did!! thanks

Omg it did work! Thank you so much! I didn't know what I was gonna do.

I was skeptical, but tried it and it did work.

i wud have never thot of trying this, ever... bt amazingly, it worked...
thanx a lot fr the help...

it didn't work :(

OMG this worked! I've had this dead laptop for MONTHS and thougth either I'd toss it, or pay to get it checked out/fixed. I typed in the most simple search, found this post and BAM my laptop works again. THANKS!!

It worked for me thanks very much, i would never have thought of doing that!

this worked for me!!! thank you.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH IT WORKED !!!!!

thxs soooooooooooooooooooooooooo
much.. youve saved me today .....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a HP, and it worked for me too! Thanks!

I have an acer aspire 4720z and this worked wonderfully. I was sure that the motherboard was shot, and I was going to be out a computer for a couple of months until we could save the money to build me a desktop. Thank you soooo much for this.

Additionally, if anyone has a reason for why this happens / and or why this works, I'd love to hear it for future computer solving issues.

Dude you are a life saver! i have an acer aspire. and i think my girlfriend didnt shut it down properly or something. and this worked flawlessly!!!

THANKYOU x100000000000000000000!!

THX so much, I have a HP Laptop too and it just happened to me, not sure what the problem was but this solution helped! THX

This worked wonders on my Sony Vaio laptop. It crashed after someone tried to remove a disk while it was booting up. We were rather worried as (a) this laptop has been pretty hopeless and (b) all our photos are on it. It's memory stick time tomorrow. Anyway, many thanks to tictactoe!

If everyone else is like me, i was freaking out.11:00 at night i was calling all computer people i could get to answer the phone. After a little research, i found the answer from here. WOW!! Cant believe how easy that was! I had people tellin me that my drive crashed, and all sorts of other horrible,scary things. Thanks alot to tictactoe, i really appreciate it! Also, what happens when it is shut off again before i can replace the battery? It is inevitable that it will be shut off before then, so will I have to repeat this procedure? Or just when a proper shut down is not completed? Thanks for your help on this one, if anybody has any advice. Goodnight all!

THANK YOU, tictactoe!!! Your solution worked like a charm on my Gateway laptop!! You just saved me a trip to the Geek Squad!

oh wow that worked wonders for me too thank you

Thanks a lot for the tip - It worked perfect.

Hi
Just done the above on my daughters ASUS laptop she thought it had broken. Nice job it is up and running again. Fantastic. Thanks

1)Take out the battery
2)Take out the hardrive
3)Clean them with a cloth
4)Leave them out for the night
5)Put them back in in the mourning


P.s. Take the other stuff out and do the same if it still doesn't work.

i have a compaq laptop...i wa using it and it died so i put it away...when i came home i plugged it into the charger and tried to turned it on and it did not work..i tried all these steps and it still does not work wat else can i do?

You are my hero! This worked like a charm. I had plugged in external hard drive and thought I had right power supply, but didn't and my laptop went dead. I tried this and it worked! THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this and for making it easy to find!

Thank You Worked lIke A Charm!!!

Thank you so much for this posting and for saving my sanity. The laptop has been shutting itself down periodically for a couple of months and today it just wasnt' going to reboot. Your posting saved my Acer from being landfill and we both appreciate it!

thank you thank you so much

thank you thank you thank you!!! I have almost had it with my Compaq... so glad that there was this easy fix for this particular problem!!

thank you so much. you are a god to me now. i will worship you.

thank you so much....it WORKS!!!!

Thanks so much, wow i didnt think this was gonna work but it did.... !!! im shocked!!! Hi five Tictactoe!!!!

OMG!!!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!!!
My laptop just did that to me, and I'm a published author and it had all my books and a new book that I hadn't had time to save onto a USB drive! OMG! Thank you sooo much! >< I have a date in like twenty minutes and this would have wrecked my entire day! Thank you! I love you!

thank you very much! you just saved me from buying another one and from the wrath of my husband LOL...works like a charm!!

omg... this so worked...I can't believe it !!! i thought i would have to buy another laptop...then i read your instructions....worked like a charm !!!! thank you thank you so much

lmaoooo i dont believe it i did it thinkinnn alright like helll this will work the thing didnt spin fans up or anything did it and the screen flickered and turned off but battery in shouted at it and after 2 or three goes it workssss THANKYOU SOOO MUCHHH UR A GENNNIOUSSS

how about if it is happen in a desktop??? would you mind to give me some advice how to solve a problem like that not in a laptop but in a desktop... help me sir

amazing. i was worried that i had lost everything right smack in the middle of finals. i really appreciate your post. it worked like a charm!

Thanks, worked perfectly!!!!

THanks this worked first attemp

Thanks. Worked perfectly with my DELL Laptop. Very grateful.

worked thank you

Yessss...thank you soooooooosososoos sososo so so so so muchchchch

worked for my dell inspiron 9400 many thanks !

Omgg thank youu!!
i was going crazy without my HP G60 =)

oMG u just saved me big time money homie THHHHHHXXXXXXXX

Thank you for this information! You are a Hero!!!

WOW! You need to put up a donate button for this one. Thanks alot!!!!

You are a genius, tictactoe! Thank you so much!!

amazing.

it didn't work for me, i took the main suplly cable cord out and battery out and hold it for 30 seconds but it doesn't work.

It worked on an HP laptop. It worked 100%. make sure you press the power button long enough.
Thank you Tictactoe. You are greate person.

youre a genius!!

its not working dude :(

ill try it and see whether it will work,but ot pretty much seems very useful.

I second the genus title..this worked for me. Thought I was going to have to bring my laptop to a tech. Thank you!!!

It done buddy.Thanks a tonnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

Hi I have the same problem as tresdave except I have a dell vostro 1500, laptop totally dead no light,fans anything, battery is fully charged and the charger is working???

Tried your solution above but to no avail?? Is there any other way of getting the laptop to turn on?? "IM REALLY LOST WITHOUT IT" have laptop with 2 years and no trouble up to this!!
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!!!!

Thank You it worked fine, i thought i would have to tell husband i had broke his laptop

Thanx it even worked 4 me

Thanks, (You deserve much more for this, but ou have my thanks)

well done!!!!!

Great, works fine. Thanks

If I remove the battery and take out the power cord
How can I press the button and for 30 seconds

Dude.. u are my hero.. I was pretty much devastated.. then saw your tips.. thanks a bunch dude.

Thanks. It worked

Thank you for this! I thought I was going to have to buy my boyfriend a new computer! This really does work!

Solved for me too .

Have tried did not work

Thank you so so much!

It worked for me, only putting the battery in first after the reset
UNTIL
I disabled the Automatic Restart to get the Stop Code from the BSOD.
Now I can't re-boot. No lights, no nothing...

Working fine now, Thanks tictactoe.

AWSOME!!! THANKS!!!

did you ever get your laptop to turn on? Mine has done the same thing and the holding for 30 sec didn't work for me either

did you ever get your laptop to work?

Jackyn,

I had same problem too. And it didnot work for me either. i got gateway laptop too. Pls send me if you have a solution i'm totally dead in my dad. thank you in advance merry christmas..

try holding it up side down while doing this i got mine working and i also got my other one working which hading worked in about a year or so

hi!!!!!!
Please help me. i don't know what my baby daughter press on the laptop key board, but it completely turn off the power and can not turn it back on. what should i do?

my dell insp 6000 did likelwise a few times and now it wont power-on at all! So we need to discover exactly WHAT causes this condition in the first place. Prevention is better than cure! I have 2x identicle Dell's so I can swap everything. I cant fathom what it is, guess the MB must be damaged cuz that's the only part I cant swap! although I cant see anything wrong with it. If anybody KNOWS what causes this.. .Please share the info
ps it's not the lid switch either! 10 yrs ago I would simply replace the largest capacitor! Sadly modern electronics are microscopic and very sensitive with built in life-span of 2-3 yrs (if your lucky)

Wow the doctahs advise worked for me! Thank u!

it didnt work for me either...i dont know whatt to do anymore ive tried everything and im broke i cant afford like 300 bucks to fix it

i can fix that.....for only 100 bucks

Hello, please help me out ! I have acer aspire v3-771g (already feel sorry for it) , I always put it on sleep when i dont use it, so i came back home, turned it on and after 10 mins it went to sleep mode by itself, i started it again and the process repeated several times..Then I shut it down totally, and now it doesnt turn on.. Fan is alright, no electricity or power problem.. I tried the way above - didnt work.. Please help !! P.s. No viruses, or spyware - I have good firewalls and programs, ( didnt download anything ).. :(