Black screen with the single flashing

Compaq presario cq-61
Product VU088AV

My computer compaq laptop does not start. The LEDs blink once and that's it. I think once means that something is wrong with the CPU. If I replace the CPU do you think he's going to fix it? Could you recommend a CPU with the purchase of this computer. I don't think that I've recently updated the BIOS, this will cause a problem?

Hi KnoppingJ...

I know that the CPU is an AMD, but I don't know which one you have in your model.  It would need to be the same.

I migrated data in situations similar twice before - it's really quite easy to do if the drive still works and if you don't have an encrypted drive (or some other protection of the disc) in place.  What I did to remove the hard drive, plug it into an external USB adapter and copy the data to the new system in this way.  Here's a video example of how to do it. a quick search on Google shows several videos and products to support.  Please note that we have not been tested and can not recommend or approve, this or any other third party video and/or product.

Good luck!

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