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    Possibly bricked XPS1645

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by chris98891, Dec 8, 2013.

  1. chris98891

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    Hey everybody, I was brought here through googling and found this thread:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-xps-studio-xps/451601-bricked-xps-1645-help.html

    It pretty well describes my issue. I woke one morning to find the XPS 1645 in a weird state between hibernating and sleeping. The fans run fine, the lights and backlights on the keyboard all turn on, i can hear HDD whirring fine. On cold boot, the HDD light lights up for a second, turns off, then steady bluetooth light. Unfortunately, no display. It doesn't go to a POST test. No beeps. Nada.

    I haven't gotten an external monitor to work, and I haven't had any luck with the "remove all power and hold the power button" approach.

    My next step is, I think, the BIOS. Unfortunately, the files in the link I provided have expired, but if anybody has those or any more links to those programs I would be hugely grateful.
     
    chris98891, Dec 8, 2013
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Were you trying to flash the BIOS? You don't really get a corrupted BIOS unless you get a bad flash...
     
    Commander Wolf, Dec 8, 2013
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    chris98891 Newbie

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    I wasn't trying to flash the BIOS. It seemed like it got hung up at the stage where it wakes up from sleep momentarily to go into hibernation. I wasn't sure if that could corrupt the BIOS or not.
     
    chris98891, Dec 9, 2013
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    Bump...any more ideas?
     
    chris98891, Dec 10, 2013
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    It couldn't be a CMOS battery could it?
     
    chris98891, Dec 12, 2013
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    Anybody have any other ideas? I believe my next step is to replace the motherboard. I just don't want to spend $200+ to buy a part that might not fix it.
     
    chris98891, Feb 1, 2014
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