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    CF-29 won't boot with HD plugged in

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by jtr8178, Oct 6, 2012.

  1. jtr8178

    jtr8178 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a CF-29N that won't boot when the hard drive is plugged in. I've tried two different hard drive caddy's and two different hard drives with each caddy. Same results. Has anyone ran across this before?
     
    jtr8178, Oct 6, 2012
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    BaRRmaley Notebook Deity

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    Won't boot or won't power on?
     
    BaRRmaley, Oct 6, 2012
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    Does your hard drive show up in the BIOS ?
     
    toughasnails, Oct 6, 2012
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    jtr8178 Notebook Enthusiast

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    To clarify, it won't even power on. No POST, no anything. The LED indicators for power briefly turns green, them immediatly goes off. THe light is on for maybe 0.1 seconds.
     
    jtr8178, Oct 7, 2012
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    sounds like a short-circuit or overload
     
    onirakkiss, Oct 7, 2012
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    dukeluca86 Notebook Consultant

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    Maybe o short on the flat that goes from mobo to the hdd connector.
     
    dukeluca86, Oct 7, 2012
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    gray-beard Notebook Evangelist

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    Check the pins on the edge of your hard drive. Sometimes they get bent or the connector gets installed
    one pin off in either direction. It has happened to me and the laptop will only blink when trying to start.

    Bob
     
    gray-beard, Oct 8, 2012
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