So, a friend of mine asked me for help with his laptop, which turns off right in the samsung logo screen.
Model#: NP300E4C
OS: W8.1
his dad had taken it to a service shop and had been told the issue was the HDD, so naturally, I tried checking the HDD. plugged it into my pc and it booted just fine.
then I tried installing a different HDD into that laptop, one that had W7 on it, and it to the windows logo screen (right before login) but then it crashed again.
Tried again, crashed again at the same screen.
by now, I had ruled out the HDD, because it did boot in my pc, but the fact that the other HDD got all the way to the windows logo confused me a bit.
so I decided to check with the ram (just to rule out stuff). took the 4GB stick of ram out, placed 2x2GB sticks on it and nothing... it still crashed at the samsung logo, this sticks work, they're being used in the W7 laptop from which I took the HDD.
Basically, I don't think it's a CPU/MOBO issue, because I did get to the w7 logo when I switched HDDs (might be wrong, that's why I'm here)
but other RAM doesn't seem to be doing the trick, and the HDD boots, just not in that pc.
Sould I try reinstalling the OS in that HDD through my PC and then try to boot it in the laptop as a fresh install, or is it gonna be pointless?
if you have any idea what could be causing this, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks!
EDIT: I also tried booting into a live Ubuntu USB, and couldn't get past the samsung logo... at this stage it loops restarting up to the samsung logo.