The hard disk is divided into 3 partitions with Windows etc on one partition.

I was planning to rescue my data by buying an external hard disk. But it shows up as AS2115 / ASMT 2115 USB but I can not see any files.

The box I bought is this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B075...

I have attached various pictures.

Can anyone help?

Hi - I have attached a picture of what I get ... it says its uninitialised... I get an option to initialise the disk but I do not want to end up wiping the data....

⟐ Commented June 26, 2026 at 16:01 MST

I was trying to bridge the fuse then my finger slipped and it sparked and it smelled bad

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⟐ Answered June 19, 2026 at 20:46 MST

Suddenly, there is a whirring sound coming from the fan which now seems to work. I thought the fan working and the sound is only temporary, but it doesn't stop.

I turn off the laptop, the fan stopped. Then I turned on again, then again there is that sound from the fan working again.

Now I just turned off the laptop, waiting for the full charge of the new battery. But I'm afraid there will be that sound again when I open my laptop.

What could be the issue here?

I'm afraid my laptop is overheating somewhere thus that whirring sound. Mind you, the sound is a bit loud, thus cause my concern.

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⟐ Commented January 31, 2026 at 4:30 MST

A laptop with a bad battery is just a bad desktop, so I want to have some battery life at least - so at the very least i can transfer between rooms without having to shut the laptop off and on again

Is the only plausible fix to replace the battery?

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⟐ Answer accepted October 08, 2025 at 22:39 MST

Dice: no boot device found. Press any key to reboot the machine

Y asi continua haciendolo cada vez

⟐ Answered September 19, 2025 at 1:28 MST

Got the thing used, upgraded the harddrive, it was working for months. Now the screen doesn't come on anymore. It was literally working fine and then when my girlfriend went to open it up one day, it just wasn't working anymore. And there is no obvious damage. It did not fall. It was not exposed to heat or cold, etc. It was always kept in a padded laptop bag with a snug fit.

Here are some things I've tried:

1. Hooking up an external monitor... waiting long enough for it to maybe be booted into Windows, tried Win+D, also tried FN+F8, no dice, nothing on any of the external monitors I've tried.
2. Tried removing the RAM -- this did result in blinky codes on the charging led (amber/white POST codes). Put back in the original RAM, no more blinky codes, upgraded the RAM, no blink codes -- the LED is all solid white as long as there is good RAM is there.
3. Disconnected the battery (both the main battery + RTC battery), held down the power button for 1 minute. Reconnected and turned back on. It does the power up, power down a few times thing and then just sits there with the keyboard lights on, until I turn it off. Still no video.
4. Holding down the D key at power up -- nothing shows up on the display panel.
5. Shining a flashlight at the screen to see if there is a picture but no backlight. (Seems to just be dark. Might be an OLED display? If I understand correctly, this trick doesn't work on burnt out OLED displays?)

Other Observations:

The battery is working great. Able to charge it up. Turn it off/on, and the keyboard lights up.

The RTC battery has over 3v.

I have inspected the mainboard and screen panel PCB under a microscope, I'm not seeing any obvious signs of damage to any of these components...

I've noticed that all of the LCD replacements for this system are either for the 2-in-1 or for the non-touch. I'm not even finding anyone who sells the touch version of this display for a normal Dell Inspiron 14 5425 / NV140WUM-N42 (30-pin, with Touch).

Next steps(?):

I'm thinking about checking the voltages on the screen panel LCD test points, but unless otherwise marked, not sure what to check for...

I could order a new LCD panel but they're expensive and the one I have now might be fine... it might be the LVDS cable, or it might be the motherboard... -- I would like to test the panel somehow with a test kit or one of those HDMI-to-LCD monitor driver boards. But I can't find any that specifically support the 30-pin NV140WUM-N42 panel, or any that have even remotely the correct connector for it. Not sure where to search to find such either.

Questions:

- Any other ideas, folks? Anything obvious that I'm not thinking of?

- Any sure fire way to tell if it's the screen or the main board that is fried?

⟐ Commented September 10, 2025 at 13:08 MST

I have an old Dell Inspiron 17R 5737 I just did a Windows 10 clean install on. I did all the Windows Updates and installed all the drivers from this page. BIOS is up to date.

However, now the fans spin up and stop repeatedly every few seconds, which is very distracting and annoying. The laptop isn't especially hot. I tried to find a fan setting in the BIOS, but there's nothing.

I've been on it for a few hours but I'm out of ideas, would love some help. Thank you :)

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The 2 resistors that are missing in my motherboard are El4303 and El4304.

Here is my motherboard

And here is the original one:

⟐ Answer edited August 16, 2025 at 0:49 MST

How can i resolve this. Should i replace with new keypad or good to sell and buy new laptop

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