N200 won't boot, won't even goto post/bios.
Hi, I experienced some graphical errors,
so I decided to boot my 3000 n200. (just over a year old).
The backlight on the laptop turns on, I can hear the fan go,
but nothing happens, doesn't even show the lenovobios sign or anything, just hangs.
Does anyone have an idea on what to do.
thanks in advance
12 months and 2 weeks??? That seems to be a close call for a total failure. I wish one of the administrator can somehow pitch in for you and get a free repair for you......
One of the lesson you learn with this sort of thing, is to get a 3 year warranty rather than 1 year, i found that most of laptops with one year all develop problems right after warranty expires, but those laptops with 3 year warranty don't never seem to fail.....
then again my one year warranty laptops are all from other manufacturers, and while my 3 year warranty laptop are all Thinkpads.....
Regards,
Jin Li
May this year, be the year of 'DO'!
I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft
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