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    Inspiron 1526 will not boot up

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Hamlet, Jan 28, 2010.

  1. Hamlet

    Hamlet Newbie

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    Greetings,
    My Inspiron has died. When I press FN + POWER (psa diagnostics), the display remains pure and three bulbs between buttons mediadirect and POWER show (blinking) (constantly) (constantly). What does it mean?

    Thanks.
     
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I don't know, but my guess would be the nvidia GPU (do you have the 8400m or 8600m)?
     
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    But my inspiron don't have nvidia, its graphic card is ATI 1270.
     
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  4. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Take out the HDD, then also re-seat the ram. Try to get into the BIOS with just one stick of ram.

    Also search dells website for blink codes.
     
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