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    Wont switch on.

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by dscanlan, Sep 29, 2011.

  1. dscanlan

    dscanlan Newbie

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    My girlfriend has had a dell laptop for just over a year and the last week it has decided on to turn on. I can hear the fan starting for a few seconds and then nothing. This is the same for when the mains cable is connected. We've tried a different mains cable but still not switching on.

    Anyone with any other ideas?
     
    dscanlan, Sep 29, 2011
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  2. khetik

    khetik Notebook Deity

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    You could try to power on the laptop with just the adapter and no battery plugged in. Another thing you can do is a power drain, and see if it helps your case. Basically what you do is, remove the battery and adaptor, and hold down the power button for about 20-30 seconds. Then plug it all back in and see if it boots up. **make sure your laptop is completely off before doing so**
     
    khetik, Sep 29, 2011
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  3. kamehame

    kamehame Notebook Evangelist

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    That's actually what happened with my XPS M1530. Call up Dell, they'll run some diagnostics. In my case, my motherboard was shot and they told me I needed a new one (which I turned down).
     
    kamehame, Sep 29, 2011
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    If it will not power up with the battery removed try powering on after re-seating the memory chips, then try one memory chip at a time in each memory slot.

    Failing that try removing the hard Drive and CD ROM, and wireless card
     
    dave-p, Oct 2, 2011
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