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firatakandere

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Registered: 2013-12-24

Posts: 5

[Solved]Laptop does not start (not even bios)

Hi all,
I was about to install archlinux on my laptop. When I generate partitions (I used GPT), I saw something like this:
"If you have a BIOS motherboard (or plan on booting in BIOS compatibility mode) and you want to setup GRUB on a GPT-partitioned drive, you will need to create an extra BIOS Boot Partition of size 1 or 2 MiB and EF02 type code. Syslinux does not need one."

So, I was planning to make this. When I run cgdisk, I was that lthere was a 1007kb unusued(?) space. So I thought I can use this space for boot sector. Then I changed its type to EF02. When I did this, my laptop shutted down quickly and does not start again. When I press the power up button; I hear the usual starting noise, and then it shuts down again.

What did I do to my laptop?

What I tried:
Remove battery, wait for 5 minutes, try again
Remove hdd, try again
Unplug&plug bios battery, try again

Edit: Solved with a shame. Wall-charger was unplugged. This topic can be removed.

Last edited by firatakandere (2013-12-24 17:09:56)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,665

Re: [Solved]Laptop does not start (not even bios)

Wall-charger was unplugged. This topic can be removed.

Why?  Others may learn for your experience

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