Dell laptop problem - Won't turn on

junii

Hi,
Ive a Dell laptop here. It won't turn on. The batterys charges and the light comes on when plugged in but nothing happens when the power button is pressed. Ive lifted off the top flap to make sure the button is in contact with the switch properly and it is. What do ye reckon might be wrong with it? Dodgy MB?

Ruu_Old

Try removing the RAM modules and then putting them back in, if they are easily accessible (happened once to me). Just an idea.

junii

Ruu wrote:

Try removing the RAM modules and then putting them back in, if they are easily accessible (happened once to me). Just an idea.

Wish it had been as easy as that but it didn't work.

dohouch

If it had a floppy bay, you could try and boot it up from a Windows98 Dos boot disk, and if it does boot then your problem is your Hard drive. Any knocks or falls recently?? If you know light for disk activity , this should go through a series of flickers as the hard disk feed the data to the RAM and processor. If again this is not as normal it would be a sign I think of hard idsk problems. I replaced a hard disk a few months back, the machine wasn't booting and the disk activity light was on permanent on.

Also if there is a monitor aoutput at back of laptop you might try conecting a PC monitor there, just to check your screen is working.

MarkR

Unplug laptop and take out battery. Hold down power key for 5 seconds. Leaving battery out plug it in and try to boot again. (If you haven't done it already)

junii

Nope no joy. Hmmm, is there a status light anywhere on the MB so ill know if theres any power getting through to it. How does the circuit for charging the battery work? Does that go through the MB because the charging light defo comes on.

Voipjunkie

junii wrote:

Nope no joy. Hmmm, is there a status light anywhere on the MB so ill know if theres any power getting through to it. How does the circuit for charging the battery work? Does that go through the MB because the charging light defo comes on.

What Dell is it

Is it an Inspiron 5150,5100, 1100 or 1150

sceptre

junii wrote:

Hi,
Ive a Dell laptop here. It won't turn on. The batterys charges and the light comes on when plugged in but nothing happens when the power button is pressed. Ive lifted off the top flap to make sure the button is in contact with the switch properly and it is. What do ye reckon might be wrong with it? Dodgy MB?

Leaving aside all the suggestions, is it new? Has it been on before or has it come out of the factory like that?

Voipjunkie

sceptre wrote:

Leaving aside all the suggestions, is it new? Has it been on before or has it come out of the factory like that?

I presume it is not under warranty or surely he would have just sent it back to Dell rather than looking for solutions here.

sceptre

Voipjunkie wrote:

I presume it is not under warranty or surely he would have just sent it back to Dell rather than looking for solutions here.

I'd have assumed that too but I'm just eliminating the obvious

Lamlit

junii wrote:

Hi,
Ive a Dell laptop here. It won't turn on. The batterys charges and the light comes on when plugged in but nothing happens when the power button is pressed. Ive lifted off the top flap to make sure the button is in contact with the switch properly and it is. What do ye reckon might be wrong with it? Dodgy MB?

please dont feel im insulting you, but i had a similar problem a while back.

i also have a Dell laptop and wasnt able to turn it on even though my green light was on.

i phoned them up and i felt such an egit, apparantly when that happens if you just hold down the power button for 8 seconds and then one quick press....... try that.... i did and it came on immediatly.

Voipjunkie

sceptre wrote:

I'd have assumed that too but I'm just eliminating the obvious

Fair point it is probably not safe to assume anything.

dohouch

Lamlit wrote:

i phoned them up and i felt such an egit, apparently when that happens if you just hold down the power button for 8 seconds and then one quick press....... try that.... i did and it came on immediately.

MarkR wrote:

Unplug laptop and take out battery. Hold down power key for 5 seconds. Leaving battery out plug it in and try to boot again. (If you haven't done it already)

Came home today, got a call from someone to check something online, go to turn on Acer1312XC, zilch,dead. Though I had a power cut, tried battery still zero, then remembered the above remedies, and sure enough it worked.

Always worth having a look in at other peoples problems, you might be able to use one of the suggested solutions a week later.