On Sat, May 03, 2014 at 12:48:12AM -0400, John Ferrell wrote:
> >
> >I have an HP dv6000 laptop running Manjaro 8.9 with all the
> >updates. On Wednesday, in the middle of Facebook the screen went
> >blank. I suspected a power surge and rebooted. The screen was
> >blank. No 'HP' boot logo. Nothing. Just an empty screen and
> >endless reboots. A Google search suggested removing the RAM to
> >dispel the excess voltage. It made no difference. If anyone has
> >faced or solved this problem, I'd appreciate the help; there's 2
> >years of work on the drive and I need it back :( Michael
I vaguely remember a similar situation with some laptop or another, I've
forgotten the manufacturer. At any rate it was solved by removing the
battery and booting while only connected with AC power.
If that fails, as has been said, you can almost always remove the drive and
recover it through another machine.
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Scott Robbins
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