[olpc-community-support] screen does not come on

[mamei52]

Hello,

It seems that I’m not the only one who’s laptop is DOA (dead on arrival).   I received my XO on the 17th of December, unpacked it and connected it according to the recommended procedure. I inserted the battery, connected power supply and switched it on via power button.

Result: NOTHING!! No beep, no display, no other boot activity.

I tried to get the XO started by resetting the EC as mention in the troubleshooting guide several times but with no success at all.

I would like to know if there is anybody who knows about a fix for this obviously not so rare problem. I really would like to get the little thing working since I’m too curious about it.

I also placed a service call to get a RMA. After a wait of over one hour I told them my problem and was advised that somebody would call me back.  So far I wasn’t called back it may take a few more days I guess as somebody mentioned above.

So my hope is that somebody comes up with a solution for this “no boot” problem.

Thanks for any help!!
 [Crying or Very sad]