my issue with my dm3 BUT I do have an exception - the blank screen does have a white dot continuously rotating in a circle against the black backdrop.
Have tried various remedies to no avail. The boot-up sequence fails and the dark screen with the rotating white dot takes over. The fan is operating.
Nil disc activity indicated by a glowing white light blinking or static. The only blinking light indication is via the electric charge light.
Also have the white circling dot doing its thing on the large unused TV screen I managed to link up to after the circling white dot and black screen appeared, so it indicates that some form of procedural activity remains!
Will welcome suggestions/advice to get my favourite PC back to normal operating life!
Note: Have returned to add this: a few seconds after completing the above, the fan switched off. And so has the white circling dot.....! Only sign that dm3 has any form of life is the power indicator. The silence is not boding well. Will attempt a power-up.
Failed but experienced longer disc activity. The circle is back and I can still hear disc activity but no light anymore.
BFN!