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    Inspiron 9300 dead maybe?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by meyers, Dec 1, 2006.

  1. meyers

    meyers Notebook Guru

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    Okay I have an Inspiron 9300. I bought in in June 2005. So the warranty has expired. I recently was using it and it was working fine. I shut the lid and left it on the table. I went to use it about 4-5 days later and it wouldnt boot up. I thought maybe the battery was dead so I plugged it in and was greeted by a fast flashing amber light, like it does when the battery is real low. It still wouldnt boot, so I swapped out my spare battery and left it to charge. The next day I tried to boot up and when I push the on button the green light comes on and immediately goes off NO SCREEN, NO DRIVE ACCESS, NOTHING. I treid both batteries, ON AC, NO AC all the same result. It is dead just a green light for like 2 seconds and dead. Anyone have any ideas, I had no warning of anything it just died.

    Thanks

    Oh does anyone know if I can buy the extended warranty after the fact to get Dell to fix it?
     
    meyers, Dec 1, 2006
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Does it seem like it is working while there is no screen?
     
    ZaZ, Dec 1, 2006
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  3. meyers

    meyers Notebook Guru

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    NOPE Nothing no noises, no drive access nothing I even popped out the Drive with a paperclip and put in the rescue CD fro Dell but it isnt on long enough to do anything
     
    meyers, Dec 1, 2006
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    Could it be a dead harddrive?
     
    gridtalker, Dec 1, 2006
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  5. meyers

    meyers Notebook Guru

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    Well I had upgraded the HD about 4 months ago, but have had no issues, thats what has got me puzzled
     
    meyers, Dec 1, 2006
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    remove your hdd, and your battery, then plug in the AC adapter and try to boot it up. If the BIOS boot won't boot up, i would say sth wrong with the mainboard.
     
    khanhfat, Dec 1, 2006
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    Tried your suggestion khanhfat still no luck
     
    meyers, Dec 2, 2006
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    i have the exact same problem with a latitude d510, can't boot anything or access to the bios... the computer shuts down after 2 sec
     
    adaw, Jan 12, 2007
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