Laptop problems - turns off before boot finishes?

[Andeh13]

My parents bought a laptop to take with them to South Africa when they went 18months ago. Its an Acer Aspire 7110 and has done the job, even if it is more screen size rather then gut performance.


Recently it has stopped booting however, from what my dad tells me when he turns it on it turns itself off again after 5-10 seconds. The screen stays blank and it does it everytime without fail. It does it when its running off the mains and on battery power. Im fairly well stumped as to what the problem could be!


Can anyone suggest what could be causing the problem?

cheers guys!

[Andeh13]

Any ideas at all? I wondered if it was the battery, but even when plugged in it did it!

[sadbuttrue]

Have you tried removing the battery? My first thought would be the PSU not working and the 5-10 seconds is all the battery can give each time.