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TheRoss0411
By TheRoss0411
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I have a broken laptop (Compaq Presario CQ56) and have taken it apart to find out what's wrong

I think it might be something wrong with the power button

Is there any way of starting it without the power button

Any suggestions

Thanks

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in a desktop you see on the mobo what the button is connected to and then you can take a screwdriver to short those two pins, powerbuttons are very common issues!

There is a power button that touches a small PCB which a ribbon cable that leads to the motherboard

CPU - Intel 4670k  Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H  RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB  GPU - EVGA 780  Case - Fractal Design Define R4    Storage - 2TB WD Black, Samsung 840 Evo 128GB     PSU - Corsair RM650  Display -  Benq XL2430T and Acer S235HL  Cooling - CM Hyper 212 Evo  Keyboard - Corsair K95  Mouse - Razer Deathadder  Sound - Sennheiser HD 558                                 Mic - Blue Snowball  Phone- OnePlus One  Tablet - Nvidia Shield

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unfortunately if it is the power button you will need to replace it. look on eBay lots of laptop spare parts.

So there is not really a way of testing it.

 

if your assuming the power buton as it makes no attempt to start it could just as easily be the motherboard.

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unfortunately if it is the power button you will need to replace it. look on eBay lots of laptop spare parts.

So there is not really a way of testing it.

 

if your assuming the power buton as it makes no attempt to start it could just as easily be the motherboard.

Yeah, i am going to try to short out the connection the ribbon cable goes into

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