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    Laptop Failure

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by BluePlum, Feb 23, 2010.

  1. BluePlum

    BluePlum Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey,

    First off, The model
    Dell m1730 - Out of warranty

    Problem:
    Laptop is failing to boot up. The screen does not turn on/make it to BIOS. Tho, the lights come on, USB devices light up...

    Things that happend up to this problem:
    Very confident it's NOT virus related.
    I put my laptop into hibernation for the night, in the morning, the laptop still being in hibernation, I took out my Ipod shuffle first gen. Later in the day, we expirenced a black out.
    When I got home, My laptop was no longer in hibernation ( the blackout ) and thats when I noticed the problem. My AC Adapter is behind two surge protectors, so I think ( and hoping ) it's a minor hardware misshap with the Ipod.

    Looking for some helpfull help on how to correct this issue ;)

    Thanks
     
    BluePlum, Feb 23, 2010
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  2. chewyeong90

    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Is the blackout caused by short-circuit or lightning storm ? I don't trust surge protectors..
     
    chewyeong90, Feb 23, 2010
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  3. FlySwatter

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    Try this 1st, unplug your laptop from AC, and remove the battery from the unit.
    Unplug your power brick from the wall for a few minutes as well since you mentioned a blackout (to reset it as well). Press and hold the power button on your laptop for 15-20 seconds and release. Reinstall the battery, plug the unit back into AC and try to boot-up again.
     
    FlySwatter, Feb 23, 2010
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  4. iLLuSi0N

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    Have you tried connecting an external display?
     
    iLLuSi0N, Feb 23, 2010
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  5. BluePlum

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    Not a lightning storm, and it happend all around my suburb. These two surge protectors arn't ones you'd by from a $2 shop

    Done. No change.

    Just did. Nothing appeared.

    It might be good mensioning that my laptop battery has been dead for about a year.
     
    BluePlum, Feb 23, 2010
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  6. EntityX

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    how do you know its not making it to the bios/loading windows?

    You could have a faulty gpu...
     
    EntityX, Feb 23, 2010
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  7. BluePlum

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    My g15 screen does not light up and no windows vista loading sound.
     
    BluePlum, Feb 23, 2010
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  8. EntityX

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    Do you hear any activity from the hd drive, that its spinning?
     
    EntityX, Feb 23, 2010
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  9. BluePlum

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    I can't here or feel any vibrations from the HD.
     
    BluePlum, Feb 23, 2010
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  10. EntityX

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    Could be a mobo issue but its strange that the lights come on and the usb's work. I might be wrong here but I thought usb ports only work after the a computer has gone through its bios checks and is starting to load windows.
     
    EntityX, Feb 23, 2010
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  11. BluePlum

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    Took it to a technician, he concured that the mobo was broken.
     
    BluePlum, Feb 27, 2010
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  12. MrSpock2002

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    Isn't that laptop on the failing/enhanced Nvidia warranty? Could be the GPU... Very easily. BTW if your computer is hibernating it uses no power at all, so a power blackout will do nothing, unless it received a nice surge.
     
    MrSpock2002, Mar 1, 2010
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