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    Vostro 1700 shutting down

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by JCruz, Oct 11, 2007.

  1. JCruz

    JCruz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, I've had my Vostro 1700 for about a week now and it won't stay on for more than 10 seconds. It worked fine for a few days and now won't even boot into windows. I've called Dell tech support and they have no clue (they are sending me a box to mail it to a depot).

    Any idea on what the problem is?

    Really don't trust Dell to really fix it after I mail it in (add to this my 21 day return time will probably expire).

    BTW, I loved it while it worked :)
     
    JCruz, Oct 11, 2007
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    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Are you getting any errors or beeps? What about the temperature ? Does it become very hot (can you hear the FAN working)?
     
    PhoenixFx, Oct 11, 2007
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    No beeps.

    The hottest it ever got was 49C on the CPU. It's been off for a few days and when I attempt to turn it on it still cold for that 10 seconds.

    Edit: well I get one low single beep before it shuts down.
     
    JCruz, Oct 11, 2007
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