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Lenovo Essential G560: Issue with won't boot and black screen after HDD upgrade

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 23:12:08 -0700

What happen: My laptop was working fine, no blue screen issue, no funny business at all. I bought a new SSD Intel 120 GB and thought it would be a good idea to replace the HDD. I shutdown and disconnected the power adapter, waited a couple of minutes and removed the battery. I opened up the back case and replaced the HDD. And put all the screws back and put the battery back in.

Problem: The very first time I turned the power on, nothing happens besides a black screen. I pressed the dvd drive it works and opens up and closes. I waited for about 30 mins and still has blac screen. When I mean black screen, no bios menu, no logo, just a black screen with the fan sound on.

I have tried these:

1. Unplugged everything - battery, adapter, and pressed the power on button for about 60 seconds, nothing, the laptop turns on with the LED display on for both on and battery LED's. But nothing but black screen, no sound of windows loading just the fan and black screen.

2. I tried putting back my old 2.5" and nothing but black screen.

Thoughts and suggestions?

⟐ Commented April 23, 2023 at 23:12 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: How To Fix Loose Charging Port and sometimes '0% plugged in,charging'?

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:06:55 -0700

Hi, I have a Lenovo G560 and it is a bit dodgy. Before discovering that my laptop had a loose charging port, I noticed that sometimes it would charge and sometimes it wouldn't. When it was low there was a red flashing light on the row of 4 lights (from left to right; a power light, a battery light, an internet access light and another light I could not understand). The first time, the battery would leak very fast, then enter a sleep mode (I think). After a while, if it was charging, it would turn back on, but if it wasn't I had to force shut down it (by pressing and holding down the power button). When it turned back on, the laptop showed '0%, plugged in, charging' but it wouldn't charge. For the first time, I shut down then turned on the laptop and then it went back to normal. But on the second time, it started charging after 5-10 minutes, all the way to 100% battery.

Please help me! I only have one laptop and my whole family uses it. I need it for my school education. Please respond ASAP...

;'(

⟐ Commented March 18, 2026 at 23:06 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: windows failed to start

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 03:14:38 -0700

hi there

when i switch it on it says window failed to start , a recent hardware or software change might be the cause.how do i fix it?

⟐ Answer accepted November 06, 2017 at 3:14 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: I have lenovo when I turn it on nothing s work

Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:02:30 -0700

hello every one my when i turn on my lenovo labtop nothings work screen is black also it looks the fan dosent work only the guide light is working i am asking whats thats mean and how can i fix it

⟐ Answered February 16, 2016 at 17:02 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: wont switch on, hard drive Error

Sat, 19 Apr 2014 09:11:06 -0700

My laptops hard drive broke, so i replaced it with a new one but its still not working, when i switch it on, a little bar appears in the top right of the screen and just flashes.

⟐ Answered April 19, 2014 at 9:11 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: Laptop won't turn on. (Only care about HDD)

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:06:35 -0700

So a couple month ago my around 7 year old Lenovo g560 decided to just die infront of me. The problem isn’t with the battery, I think.

When plugged in, nothing happens. When left to charge and then turned on, nothing happens. I’ve tried some YouTube repair guides, but again, nothing happens.

Primarily I’d just like to save the hard drive on it. If someone could tell me if the laptop not working has corrupted data or not I’d be thankful. If I had to say what died, I’d say the motherboard did.

⟐ Edited November 26, 2025 at 16:06 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: My laptop is stuck in PDF mode not word

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 05:43:59 -0700

My laptop is stuck in PDF mode and I cannot convert anything to a word document. I need to edit documents.

Thank you

⟐ Answered July 18, 2025 at 5:43 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: Laptop Fan not rotating?

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:36:56 -0700

I faced this problem previously and lost my Sony VAIO Laptop the same issue is with my Lenovo.

Issue started when i found that my laptop is producing lot of heat when designing and suddenly tuned off. So i opened the back cover , switched it back on and found fan's not rotating.

⟐ Answer accepted June 21, 2018 at 14:36 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: How do I fix my laptop when it has virus

Sun, 03 Jul 2016 09:38:08 -0700

How do I fix my laptop when it has virus

⟐ Answer accepted July 03, 2016 at 9:38 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: wHY DO I HAVE NO SOUND?

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:06:14 -0700

WHY DON’T I HAVE SOUND ON LAPTOP g560?

⟐ Edited November 26, 2025 at 16:06 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: I changed the ram and hard drive and it won’t start up

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:22:11 -0700

I installed a new ram and hard drive but it will just blue screen when ever it boots and gives me kernel security failure error code so I can’t seem to fix it?

⟐ Answered April 09, 2020 at 9:22 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: On upgrading the RAM windows just dies

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:37:59 -0700

My Laptop supports max frequency of 8500 Mhz but I later I realized that I have installed a 10600S (2GB DDR3) in it and its working but its not sufficient for Windows 10. Its an old laptop and I think of using it as a server.

So I took a 4 GB DDR3 with 12800S (1600 Mhz) from my other laptop and installed in it, it POSTed fine but Windows is crashing. So I want to buy a RAM (1333 Mhz) but I don't know if it will work or not. The Samsung 1333 Mhz RAM stick is cheaper and 1066 Mhz Stick is costly, I know they run at lower frequency but will they run?

⟐ Answer edited December 09, 2019 at 13:37 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: black screen when power on

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 04:19:31 -0700

hey guys whenever I turn on my Lenovo laptop the screen goes dark but when I reflect light upon it I can see it works fine....

what could be the problem?

⟐ Answer accepted June 11, 2019 at 4:19 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: When I start the computer, the screen is blank

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:04:45 -0700

Hi, I have a similar issue. When I start the computer, the screen is blank, and I hear the fan goes on and off all the time. The computer wont start (the bios is not starting). If I wait for a long period of time (sometimes even a day or two!!!) it eventually starts, and works fine.

So, unless someone knows how to fix this planned obsolescence issue, I would recommend not to turn the computer off...

⟐ Answer accepted August 30, 2018 at 5:04 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: How to run external display from boot?

Mon, 14 May 2018 08:27:10 -0700

I was givin this laptop with the built in display broken(can only see bottem right corner) and ive tried connecting an external monitor to it but it won't switch to the display till windows is loaded. It has the Novo button(onekey recovery) and I've tried all standard keys for entering bios in hopes of blindly switching default display, also have tried using fun-ction keys to switch displays. I'm wondering if there is a key to enter bios that i haven't figured out(f1,f2,f10,del,esc,f12 haven't worked) the Novo button just brings me to the recovery screen(and not a menu where I can select bios or boot like other Lenovo models). If anyone else has had this issue or someone can direct me to a fix I'd be grateful.

⟐ Answer edited May 14, 2018 at 8:27 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: laptop going off before getting to windows

Thu, 16 Nov 2017 22:05:26 -0700

What could course a laptop to go off before loading to windows

⟐ Answered November 16, 2017 at 22:05 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: How do I replace plasic cover to hinge?

Tue, 09 May 2017 06:20:53 -0700

I broke the black plastic cover that goes over the hinge thats connected to the bottom of my screen... How would i fix this?? Or where do i need to go to get it repaired??

⟐ Answer accepted May 09, 2017 at 6:20 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: user profile cannot be loaded

Sun, 12 Mar 2017 18:47:05 -0700

i have a problem, i can't login to my laptop. it gives me an erro " the user profile service failed the logon. user profile cannot be loaded"

⟐ Answered March 12, 2017 at 18:47 MST

Lenovo Essential G560: dece nu se incarca bateria mai mult de 60% la suta

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:47:24 -0700

dece nu se incarca bateria mai mult de 60%

Lenovo Essential G560: How can I fix graphics problem?

Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:02:10 -0700

how can i fix graphics problem?