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    Dell laptop won't start

    various laptop parts sellers have the motherboard for sale on ebay. just search :D. also, find a dell pdf document online on dissasembling your laptop for extra help. I got mine off of dell.com of course. My "new mobo" was actually refurbished. I am not sure what mother board would be...
  2. lroy12

    Dell laptop won't start

    I got my laptop working! It turned out i needed a new motherboard and one of the RAM sticks was bad. You guys should try taking out one of your sticks of ram and see if it boots. Thats what I did and... tada!
  3. lroy12

    Dell laptop won't start

    I cant get into my bios to disable any power settings. The Laptop doesnt boot up at all. Just 4 seconds or so with the LED's on and the screen turns on to a black screen and then it dies. I have purchased a CPU and I will hope to get it on friday!
  4. lroy12

    Dell laptop won't start

    I am going to purchase a new CPU. If this does not fix the problem I do not know what will. I am also trying to run the laptop without any accessories. No HD, no bat, no cd. Is it fine to run it this way? or should i at least put in the HD?
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    Dell laptop won't start

    I would assume that my CPU is dead because i have gotten a new mobo/dcpower boad and the same promlem occurs. The only part that i moved over that is crucial would be the CPU and Ram. I do not think it is the ram because i removed the RAM and booted the PC just to find the same problem. If the...
  6. lroy12

    Dell laptop won't start

    I have the same problem too. I have replaced the motherboard thinking that it would fix it but alas nothing. All my screws are in tight too. Maybe when i reassembled the laptop i missed some ground screws on the inside? More help is appriciated ^^

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