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Hi,
I bought a Samsung N140 in January, with Windows XP and upgraded to 2GB RAM. It worked like a charm until this evening.
I took it to work to copy some data and, as I was in a rush, closed the lid like I did often before (I guess that should have put it in hibernation). Now it won’t start again. The little lights show that the battery is recharging, the wireless is active, and the power is on. Also, the small light corresponding to the hard drive is on for a few moments but then switches off. The screen remains black. There are no funny noises (although you can hear the hard disk spinning) but it seems that the harddisk doesn’t start anymore. Can this be? A bit dissapointing if there is a hardware problem after about 4 weeks. Or is it related to the problem of Samsung netbooks not always waking up after hiberanation discussed here? If so, what should I do… I’dlike to try and avoid the hassle of sending it back to Amazon and then reinstalling everything. I did not install anything the last days and, of course, have an up to date virus protection. If I switch the Netbook off, it makes the usual sound and all lights go off.
Any ideas are welcome!
Thanks, Sebastian
Just a quick update. I tried booting from a Linux-USB Stick (Damn Small Linux) but nothing happens either. Here is what happens, with native Windows XP or USB Linxu
1. Switch on
2. Light for “Power on” gets on
3. Light for “Wireless” gets on
4. Light for “Hard disc” gets on (typical read/write noise can be heard veyr briefly)
5. Light for “Hard disc” turns off (after less than 1 sec)
6. Screen stays blank (I can hear the light humming of the hard disc)
7. Nothing happens anymore
8. I can switch off (and hear how the hard disk stops)Seems like a call to the support centre…? Any bets as to what is faulty?
Sorry for keeping talking to myself 🙂
I found the problem (and thought others may be interested). It’s the RAM. I replaced the 2GB RAM with the original 1GB RAM and it works again. Simpler to return RAM than the netbook…
sebgei – Welcome to the forum
Glad you got it sorted out and thanks for reporting back with the fix 🙂
Thanks for the reply and welcome! I also tried the 2GB RAM again, which works now too. May have been a contact problem. What irritates me a bit is that I am getting (also this morning) an application error for spoolsv.exe “memory could not be written” at the XP login screen, even though I have no printer installed; but I use PrimoPDF for printing. As this happens for both RAMs, I hope its not a deeper rooted hardware problem because it also coincides with the problem of starting the Netbook in general.
Hi sebgei,
Try this.
Thanks. I saw this link too after doing a Google search but my spool folder was already empty. I did a system restore to a couple of days ago where I knew the error did not occur. That fixed the “memory write error”. Next I deleted the spoolsv.exe as there was a newer version and an older version (I am using the old version now). Windows did some further automatic updates and, somehow and magically, spoolsv.exe seems to run fine again. I shall not complain.
Im having the exact same problem with the N130… everything here the same as sebgei:
1. Switch on
2. Light for “Power on” gets on
3. Light for “Wireless” gets on
4. Light for “Hard disc” gets on (typical read/write noise can be heard veyr briefly)
5. Light for “Hard disc” turns off (after less than 1 sec)
6. Screen stays blank (I can hear the light humming of the hard disc)
7. Nothing happens anymore
8. I can switch off (and hear how the hard disk stops)I have tried taking out the memory… which is the original 1GB stick, wiped down the connections with a bit of contact cleaner and a clean rag, still to no avail.
Anyone have any other ideas?
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