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Lap Top won't Start.

  • 21-02-2007 8:50pm
    #1
    dwaned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭


    Any help would be appreciated.
    It's a dell inspiron510m. There's nothing even trying to start, when the on button is hit, the caps lock light flashes 9 times..but no booth screen, no HD or cdrom noise nothing but that light...

    Any ideas??
    Thanks


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  • #2
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,602 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    have heard of people getting the blinking caps lock of death with dell before. you need to get on to support asap..


  • #3
    Cal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 926 ✭✭✭Cal


    So you don't feel alone.....

    http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/50498/

    Cal.


  • #4
    secret_squirrel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭secret_squirrel


    Its a motherboard or memory issue.

    If you know what you are doing and it wont void you're warantee try reseating the memory, otherwise do what davey said and call Tech Support.


  • #5
    dwaned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭dwaned


    Thankfully it's not mine:-) I'm getting txt after txt with bits of info but it all seems futile to me....Thanks for the replies and anymore that follow. From the googles I've done there seems to be a lot of problems with dell lappy's..
    While we're chatting, what you guy's think of this??? http://www.laptopsdirect.ie/Sony_Vaio_FE41S_Laptop_VGN-FE41S/version-1.asp


  • #6
    dwaned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭dwaned


    Sorted!! He followed this from Dell
    It was his Ram, swapped A for B dimm and it worked.
    Thanks for the pointers


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  • #7
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Could be power, the motherboard or ram. Its a problem that can happen on any machine Dell, Sony or Apple tbh. The only thing you can check is the memory.

    Everything else you'll have to bring it somewhere.

    I had a laptop fail (not a dell) with similar symptoms. Turned out to be the gfx card was blown.


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