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    Laptop works fine, but power light off?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by NorrecV, Dec 11, 2008.

  1. NorrecV

    NorrecV Newbie

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    I noticed today that even though my Dell Inspiron E1705 has been working fine the power light won't turn on. The lgiht I'm refering to is the circle with a line sticking through the top that is normally on when the laptop is on.

    The laptops only 1.5 years old now so it seems unlikely that its burnt out. Don't LED's last years? The battery light still blinks like it is supposed to. What can I try to fix the power light? I already tried restarting.
     
    NorrecV, Dec 11, 2008
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  2. andyasselin

    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    I seen bad led on to other stuff yes appently suposed last long time but it can happy they do die
     
    andyasselin, Dec 11, 2008
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  3. NorrecV

    NorrecV Newbie

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    So the light just died is what you're saying?
     
    NorrecV, Dec 12, 2008
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Yeah most likely it just died. LEDs do last a long time, but you can get bad ones.
     
    atbnet, Dec 12, 2008
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    Carmasix Notebook Enthusiast

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    *DELL TECH* The Led has gone out, it won't effect anything. However if you are still under warranty you can call tech support and have the MOBO replaced as that is where the LED is located. :)
     
    Carmasix, Dec 12, 2008
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  6. NorrecV

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    Actually, it fixed some how. I didn't do or change anything but I was playing Guild Wars and it just poped back on. This is like the time a button on my mouse stopped working, but after I reformated my computer(forced to, no one told me to make a new Vista Repair disk for SP1...) it fixed.
     
    NorrecV, Dec 12, 2008
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