I'm stumped on a boot/video problem

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Wednesday 25 July 2007 10:15:18 am Stew Schneider wrote:
> I'm running 7.04 on an older Gateway. Works fine. I'm very pleased.
> However...
>
> In the event of a power outage or a power down, when I power back up,
> the bios screen shows, then "Kubuntu" with a green bar on the right side
> of the screen, then, instead of the login screen, I get a black screen.
>
> If I then turn off the power, put in a Knoppix or Kubuntu 6.10 live CD,
> boot, power down and boot again from HD, all is well.
>

Unfortunately I have read in other places about the power jack on the Laptop 
itself being the cause of something like this.  

Here's an excerpt from a local LUG:

>Where did you learn of the "common failure?"  Also, it may be 
>standard on laptops (this is my first one ever owned), but the 
>BIOS configuration seems minimal. Once booted, the machine 
>is quite capable.

Lots of Googling to figure out what to do about mine.  Discovering other
people having the same issue.  Compaq says issue is non-repairable and
requires a new motherboard.  Microfractures between the power connector and
the motherboard cause erratic results like batteries not totally
recharging, etc.  Sometimes had to unplug power cable, press button to
power on and then plug up cable.  Wouldn't start with power cord plugged
in.  

We removed the connector, soldiered cable directly to motherboard and made
it a non-portable machine.  It's worked fine ever since.

The topic was about a Compaq Presario v3000 bootup, and the original symptoms 
were similar to what you describe above.

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Howard Coles Jr.
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