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    6615WD won't boot - blinking white stripe

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by Crazyheinz, Nov 16, 2008.

  1. Crazyheinz

    Crazyheinz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, everyone with an 6615WD has had this. Pc that doesn't boot and the blinking white stripe with a black background. After a reboot the pc starts. But know does the reboot fix nothing, it just keeps happening, so i can't enter my OS! I tried the to fix things with the install disk of vista, but that doesn't find errors. So what do i do now? I have no warranty anymore :s
     
    Crazyheinz, Nov 16, 2008
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    Hi Crazyheinz, have you tried booting with the battery removed?
     
    Baserk, Nov 16, 2008
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    Jup i did.
     
    Crazyheinz, Nov 16, 2008
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    When you write blinking white stripe on a black screen, do you mean a blinking underscore; _ or do you mean a white stripe on a black screen as in a GPU failure? (Not that it would cause a no-boot problem, just making sure).
    Do you have a Linux Live CD that you can use to test if it's a hardware failure or an OS problem?
     
    Baserk, Nov 17, 2008
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    It is blinking underscore. What linux live cd should i use?
    I used the vista install cd to check if there were problems in that area, but there weren't any.
     
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    It doesn't really matter which Live CD.
    Just to make sure, it looks like the bootsector is damaged/corrupted.
    Can you try to fix the MBR by using these steps, also explained in more detail by Microsoft here.
    Bootrec /fixmbr will write a Vista MBR to the active partition.
    Bootrec /fixboot will write a new boot sector to the Vista partition.
    Cheers.
     
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    Thx baserk, that fixed it :)
     
    Crazyheinz, Nov 17, 2008
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    Glad it worked out allright. :)
     
    Baserk, Nov 17, 2008
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