Laptop doesn’t boot makes clicking sound and then repeats
Laptop makes a click or spark sound around the CMOS battery area
17 inch HP Pavilion with i5 4th gen processor
Recently replaced my HDD to an SSD and when I went to test out the SSD I accidentally picked up the laptop to turn it around and forgot about the rechargeable battery which immediately turned off the computer.
I tried rebooting the computer again and it just turns on all lights with fan running and then few seconds later turns off and hearing a click sound that happens when you hard power it off (holding down the power button) and then repeats
What I tried already was resetting the power multiple times and also connecting with only AC adapter to no avail.
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James Chen exactly what happened when you "forgot about the rechargeable battery" and turned your laptop over?
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 oldturkey03 crwdne2934271:0
@oldturkey03 what I mean by that was when I picked up the laptop to turn it around the rechargeable battery came out of its battery contact pins and the computer completely turned off
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 James Chen crwdne2934271:0
Yes, that is what I thought. Have you checked the connectors/cables and traces to make sure that nothing came loose or got pulled off?
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 oldturkey03 crwdne2934271:0
Yes I have took each and every cable out and re connected them.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 James Chen crwdne2934271:0