Inspiron E1505 appears to be dead

I have an E1505 that I purchased about 3 years ago. The first sign of my current problem was seeing that the power indicator in the task bar was missing and the indication was that the battery was low and was not being charged even though the AC power was connected. I checked power connections and shut down the computer to let it charge. The next morning the computer would not start. Pressing the power or media center start buttons lights the power indicator for a few seconds after releasing the buttons, but no boot up. There are not fan noises, nothing. I replaced the battery, as the indicator lights on the battery indicated its capacity was low. No help. I reseated the hard drive, memory modules, replaced the CMOS coin cell battery, and vacuumed the vents. Nothing seems out of order, but I get the same result, no fans no clicks, no lights, no boot up. The computer has not been exposed to any hard knocks lately, and no liquid spills. Any ideas?

 

Have you tried:

- Testing your AC adapter with a multimeter

- Trying to power on your laptop with a known good Dell OEM 90 watt AC adapter

- Removing battery, and AC adapter and holding down the power button for 30 seconds and repeating this process 2-3 times

After that, you could have power circuitry issues with your motherboard.

 

Have brand new 90W AC adapter, but not Dell, no help. Tried the 30 sec procedure, still no help. Are power circuitry problems repairable, or too pricey to be worthwhile. I can run and read the hard drive contents on my desktop XPS as an external hard drive, so I can copy all the files I need, so unless I can repair this E1505 relatively inexpensively, It seems that a new laptop would be a much better idea. Also, this laptop is actually almost 5 years old, I think, and I have traveled the world with it before I retired, so I got a lot of use out it.

 

Well try a Dell OEM one. The cheapo knock off ones probably don't provide full power..

It really depends on what exactly is wrong, you could try swapping the motherboard yourself. The older Dells are much easier to service. For your next notebook, you might want to consider a business oriented notebook!

 

Thanks, you've been very helpful!