When I try to boot up my aspire 1315, all that happens is the power on LED
lights.

Nothing appears on the display.

If I press the power on button for a few secs the machine powers off again.

A couple of times if I try to boot the machine up, it has asked if I wish to
boot up in safe mode, as some files are missing or corrupt.
If I choose to boot in safe mode, it then hangs up & I have to remove power
to switch it off.

Control,Alt,Delete has no effect.

Does this look like a hard disk problem ?.

Or could it be something else ?.

TIA,

woodglass...

On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:19:28 GMT, "woodglass" <aaa@bbb.com> wrote:

>When I try to boot up my aspire 1315, all that happens is the power on LED
>lights.
>
>Nothing appears on the display.
>
>If I press the power on button for a few secs the machine powers off again.
>
>A couple of times if I try to boot the machine up, it has asked if I wish to
>boot up in safe mode, as some files are missing or corrupt.
>If I choose to boot in safe mode, it then hangs up & I have to remove power
>to switch it off.
>
>Control,Alt,Delete has no effect.
>
>Does this look like a hard disk problem ?.
>
>Or could it be something else ?.
>


A dying drive probably wouldn't prevent some sort of display on
bootup. You could try a new one, but unless you bought from a place
with a good return policy, I wouldn't. Sounds like a system board
issue to me.

"woodglass" <aaa@bbb.com> wrote in
news:Qnhah.14554$bz5.6292@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.u k:

> When I try to boot up my aspire 1315, all that happens is the power on
> LED lights.
>
> Nothing appears on the display.
>
> If I press the power on button for a few secs the machine powers off
> again.
>
> A couple of times if I try to boot the machine up, it has asked if I
> wish to boot up in safe mode, as some files are missing or corrupt.
> If I choose to boot in safe mode, it then hangs up & I have to remove
> power to switch it off.
>
> Control,Alt,Delete has no effect.
>
> Does this look like a hard disk problem ?.
>
> Or could it be something else ?.
>
> TIA,
>
> woodglass...

Well, if it asks you to go in safe mode, then something is on the screen, no
?
I would try going into BIOS and resetting to defaults for starters.