I'm not sure this is the right place to post this, but it seemed like the right place at the time.
I have a Compaq Presario CQ62 laptop that runs Windows 7. It's just over two years old and worked really well up until a month ago. I got it on it one morning and it worked fine as usual. Came back that night and it wouldn't come on. I tried replacing the battery and the power cord but it still wouldn't come on. I talk to a guy at the GeekSquad and he said it sounded like the power button was broken. I don't have any money to fix it and the warrant is expired so I was hoping someone could give me clear instructions on how to basically open the laptop and hot wire the power button?
This happened on my parents desktop computer (still Compaq but an older model that runs Vista). My mom hot wired hers so you just touch the wires and it comes on. But she's unfamiliar with laptops so she didn't try it on mine without a little instruction.
Can anyone help me out? It'd be most appreciated!
I have a Compaq Presario CQ62 laptop that runs Windows 7. It's just over two years old and worked really well up until a month ago. I got it on it one morning and it worked fine as usual. Came back that night and it wouldn't come on. I tried replacing the battery and the power cord but it still wouldn't come on. I talk to a guy at the GeekSquad and he said it sounded like the power button was broken. I don't have any money to fix it and the warrant is expired so I was hoping someone could give me clear instructions on how to basically open the laptop and hot wire the power button?
This happened on my parents desktop computer (still Compaq but an older model that runs Vista). My mom hot wired hers so you just touch the wires and it comes on. But she's unfamiliar with laptops so she didn't try it on mine without a little instruction.
Can anyone help me out? It'd be most appreciated!