Hello everybody,
10 years old Sony Vaio VGN-A197VP
Disassembled it yesterday
Removed a ton of dust from it
Replaced thermal compound with a new dose
Result when pushing ON button:
Fans/HDD start to Spin
Black Screen/No Post
Computer Restarts within 3 seconds
Fans/HDD start to Spin again
Black Screen/No Post and stays like this
x5-Checked all the cables, screws, connections / reseated the heatsink and it didn't help.
Disconnected CMOS battery to reset BIOS settings, nothing changed.
Removed: HDD/DVD drives, BT/WiFi/CardReader Modules (RAM sticks are OK). Still Nothing.
Keep in mind, this laptop has been working perfectly fine until I disassembled it for cleaning.
Any thoughts? Thanks!
10 years old Sony Vaio VGN-A197VP
Disassembled it yesterday
Removed a ton of dust from it
Replaced thermal compound with a new dose
Result when pushing ON button:
Fans/HDD start to Spin
Black Screen/No Post
Computer Restarts within 3 seconds
Fans/HDD start to Spin again
Black Screen/No Post and stays like this
x5-Checked all the cables, screws, connections / reseated the heatsink and it didn't help.
Disconnected CMOS battery to reset BIOS settings, nothing changed.
Removed: HDD/DVD drives, BT/WiFi/CardReader Modules (RAM sticks are OK). Still Nothing.
Keep in mind, this laptop has been working perfectly fine until I disassembled it for cleaning.
Any thoughts? Thanks!