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    Help: N200 shuts off during boot

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by yehuda1, Nov 24, 2009.

  1. yehuda1

    yehuda1 Notebook Geek

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    Hi

    I'm trying to diagnose an issue with a Lenovo 3000 N200 0769 laptop which sometimes shuts off during the boot phase, while the animated progress bar is displayed. When it happens, the laptop suddenly loses power and the fan and the LED indicators all turn off. Once Windows is up (after 2-3 tries) it remains stable.

    The owner says it happens mostly when the laptop starts up from a cold state, after it was off for several hours. He also says that as far as he has noticed, it makes no difference whether the laptop is plugged in or running on battery power.

    I'm sure this is not a software fault because it has happened under both XP and Vista (I currently have a clean XP installation at hand) and nothing shows up in Event Viewer.

    The BIOS is up to date, and nothing comes up in Lenovo's individual component diagnostics.

    Anything else worth trying? I could try changing the memory.

    Thanks,
     
    yehuda1, Nov 24, 2009
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  2. Stewie Griffin

    Stewie Griffin Notebook Consultant

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    Hmm have you tried booting up with the battery out, while the laptop is still plugged in?
     
    Stewie Griffin, Nov 24, 2009
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  3. yehuda1

    yehuda1 Notebook Geek

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    Yeah, I've tried that. I've also tried booting up without the HDD (using a live CD), and with one memory module at a time (instead of both).

    Seems to me the motherboard is faulty.
     
    yehuda1, Dec 12, 2009
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  4. djp87

    djp87 Newbie

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    Hi yehuda1

    I'm having exactly the same problem with my N200 0769. The system is also working slowly even after a complete reinstall of Windows and I'm trying to work out the cause of the problem. I've tried running a diagnostic tool on the RAM but that came up with no errors. I hope it's not the motherboard as that will probably be too expensive to be worth replacing. Did you get any further ? I'm regretting not returning the laptop during it 1st year's warranty but it was an intermittent problem at that stage and nothing else was wrong.
     
    djp87, Dec 22, 2009
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  5. davidkneiber

    davidkneiber Notebook Consultant

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    manufacturing defect?
     
    davidkneiber, Dec 22, 2009
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    manukau Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have exactly the same problem with my Lenovo 3000 N200!

    I have tried quite a few things (full diagnostics, Lenovo Care update, system repair, etc.), but nothing seems to have worked so far. This is very frustrating as it occurs apparently random, which makes it difficult to have repaired (I wasn't even sure it was hardware related until I saw these and other messages, which seem to be pointing towards some kind of hardware fault).

    I'll be very interested if you find any solution to this problem. I'll also post here if I find anything.
     
    manukau, Dec 23, 2009
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  7. yehuda1

    yehuda1 Notebook Geek

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    I'll post here an update if I find a solution.
     
    yehuda1, Dec 23, 2009
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