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    My laptop does not power up right away

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Mehran Sedaghatpour, Jul 24, 2004.

  1. Mehran Sedaghatpour

    Mehran Sedaghatpour Newbie

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    I am having difficulty powering up my Dell Inspiron 5150. I have to press on the power switch, and if I am lucky my laptop starts powering up. Is therre a CMAS setting that I have to change to make my LAPtop to power up right away ?
     
    Mehran Sedaghatpour, Jul 24, 2004
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  2. rolsy

    rolsy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Almost definitely a hardware problem. I have had experience with some older Dell models and one in particular (Latitude CPX) suffered from the same sort of thing. If I was lucky, replacing the internal power module would cure said problem but mostly a replacement system board was in order [V]
     
    rolsy, Jul 24, 2004
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