If you want to take apart a Dell laptop you can find very clear step-by-step laptop service manuals on Dell website. Here is the link where you can view or download service manuals for the below listed laptops. You can search Dell database by a service tag located on the bottom of your laptop or by the product model. After you entered the product model, select User Guides and Manuals in Select a Tool box. Dell has changed the website, and now it’s even easier to find a manual you need, just click on Manuals link and select your system. Dell offers laptop service manuals in many languages in HTML and PDF formats.
You’ll find a lot of spare parts for Dell laptops here.
You will find service manuals for the following Dell Inspiron, XPS and Latitude laptops.
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Dell Inspiron 1000
Dell Inspiron 1100
Dell Inspiron 1150
Dell Inspiron 1200
Dell Inspiron 1300
Dell Inspiron 2000
Dell Inspiron 2100
Dell Inspiron 2200
Dell Inspiron 2500
Dell Inspiron 2600
Dell Inspiron 2650
Dell Inspiron 3000
Dell Inspiron 300m
Dell Inspiron 3200
Dell Inspiron 3500
Dell Inspiron 3700
Dell Inspiron 3800
Dell Inspiron 4000
Dell Inspiron 4100
Dell Inspiron 4150
Dell Inspiron 5000
Dell Inspiron 5000e
Dell Inspiron 500m
Dell Inspiron 5100
Dell Inspiron 510m |
Dell Inspiron 5150
Dell Inspiron 5160
Dell Inspiron 6000
Dell Inspiron 600m
Dell Inspiron 630m
Dell Inspiron 7000
Dell Inspiron 700m
Dell Inspiron 710m
Dell Inspiron 7500
Dell Inspiron 8000
Dell Inspiron 8100
Dell Inspiron 8200
Dell Inspiron 8500
Dell Inspiron 8600
Dell Inspiron 9100
Dell Inspiron 9200
Dell Inspiron 9300
Dell Inspiron 9400
Dell Inspiron E1705
Dell Inspiron B120
Dell Inspiron B130
Dell XPS/Inspiron M140
Dell XPS/Inspiron M170
Dell XPS/Inspiron XPS |
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Dell Latitude 100L
Dell Latitude 110L
Dell Latitude C400
Dell Latitude C500
Dell Latitude C510
Dell Latitude C540
Dell Latitude C600
Dell Latitude C610
Dell Latitude C640
Dell Latitude C800
Dell Latitude C810
Dell Latitude C840
Dell Latitude D400
Dell Latitude D410 |
Dell Latitude D500
Dell Latitude D505
Dell Latitude D510
Dell Latitude D600
Dell Latitude D610
Dell Latitude D800
Dell Latitude D810
Dell Latitude L400
Dell Latitude V700
Dell Latitude V710
Dell Latitude V740
Dell Latitude X200
Dell Latitude X300 |
Read more: How I took apart and repaired LCD screen on my Dell Latitude D610 notebook
March 26th, 2006 at 9:32 pm
I can’t get a service guide that shows how to remove/replace the failed CD/DVD on an Inspiron 1000.
The site you list will give you a user’s manual and a guide to replacing the hard drive — but nothing about replacing cd/dvd. Presumably that info ids in a service manual that doesn’t appear to be available online — not at the site listed.
March 26th, 2006 at 9:44 pm
Dell has a lot of service manuals available online. Some of these manuals do not cover all disassembly steps, like in your case. Some of these manuals cover everything, like Dell Inspiron 1100. Try to find a model similar to yours. I hope it helps.
April 24th, 2006 at 12:53 pm
I see where you can purchase a second disk drive for D810 laptops, but I don’t see in the service manuals where the secondary disk drive is located or how to install. Is this second drive internal or external? If it is internal, where would installation instructions be?
April 24th, 2006 at 9:08 pm
Hi Michael,
Here is my guess. Most likely you can install the second hard drive instead the existing DVD/CD-Rom drive. After a quick search on ebay I was able to find the second hard drive enclosure for Dell Latitude D810 series. You install the drive inside the laptop you have to remove the optical drive first.
April 30th, 2006 at 10:43 pm
Hey i have this dell inspiron 1300 and it seems that the power works, the battery works, everything seems to work…but when i turn the comp on and wait about 5-10 secs as it loads up the computer Shutsdown/cuts out …Help pLz…!!
May 1st, 2006 at 9:08 pm
Adrian,
Check if the heatsink is clean and the cooling fan spins. It is possible that your laptop overheats.
May 7th, 2006 at 7:11 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron 8000, that needs the power jack replaced. I’ve found the part, but I was wondering if anyone had a guide to replacing them. Is it as simple as sodering it in the 3 pins and voila?
May 9th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron 1150 that has an overheating problem. I suspect that the dust is collecting inside. I also want to upgrade the CPU on my laptop from 2.8 Ghz to 3.06. Is that possible?
May 9th, 2006 at 10:58 pm
John,
I am not sure if you can upgrade the CPU in this laptop, but do you really want to do it? I think you will not see a big difference in performance between 2.8GHz and 3.06GHz. If you want to speed up the laptop you can go with more memory or a faster hard drive. If you replace 4200 RPM or 5400 RPM hard drive with 7200 RPM, you’ll see a big improvement.
June 10th, 2006 at 7:40 pm
My Inspiron 1000 shuts off at random intervals. The local tech guy thinks the AC plug jack solder has come loose, but said the dual layer motherboard would not give him room to get to it to fix it. Is there anyone in Central or Southern Ohio that is certified to fix this?
Thanks much.
June 13th, 2006 at 6:15 am
need the output pin-out (19.5V) for the dell 510m power supply.
there seem to be 3 pins. Which of the 2 are to be used? Thnx
June 13th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
i need a manual on how to take a dell inspiron 6000 apart .
June 13th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
Bill,
Have you tried to look up for this manual on Dell website?
Dell Inspiron 6000 Service Manual
July 18th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
I also need the output pin-out (19.5V), but for the dell latitude d600 power supply.
I need to know the name of the connector to try to buy a new one because it broke
July 20th, 2006 at 9:32 pm
Does anyone know how to tighten the lid on a dell latitude C540/C640
The lid does not stay up easily and keeps falling all the way open/shut. I tool the whole thing apart…but there are no screws to tighten the hinges.
Thanks ahead of time.
Jon
July 26th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
Jon,
You can get a service manual for Dell Latitude C540/C640 here. There are some instructions for removing the display assembly, it would be useful if you want to tighten the lid or replace the hinges.
July 28th, 2006 at 8:55 am
i have dell laptop inpiron 1300 how to remove bios password?
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:11 am
Talking without looking at anything:
Shathi, do you know the password? If so
1) You get into the bios (F1 or F2 or F12) at the Bios boot screen (before ANY windows related info hits the screen, just start tapping it once a second from when the computer turns on till when it says “Entering bios”)
2) find the section that refers to security and then find the part that refers to the password (there are usually 2, one for entering the bios…and one for starting the computer)
3) If you don’t see something that says “remove me” then simple goto change and change the password to nothing (that is dont type anything and hit accept /enter to choose to a null password
If you DON”t know the password…then its a little harder…hopefully you do
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:15 am
Thank you for the manual, I finally figured out that I needed to remove the rubber nubs to get to the screws…So you can’t tighten these hinges if you have a loose hinge problem.
Does anyone know if/where you can purchase replacement hinges…nothing else special, just the hinges?
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:05 pm
Thank you for the manual!!!… I need to change the cmos battery on a Inspiron 1200, now I can do it…
August 19th, 2006 at 5:33 pm
Okay here goes. I recently purchased new memory for my Dell Latitude laptop model CPx. after installation nothing happened. Got a hold of seller from ebay, told me to try them one at a time to confirm both were operational.
The computer booted up for two seconds and read as follows. “The amount of system memory has changed.
Well the next thing you know I’m staring at this screen asking my to enter the HDD password for authentication. That is truly something new for me.
It has “Hard-disk #*********-595B” on the screen. I saw some other questions about this earlier. I’m no genius, but i don’t carry a book on cracking security codes on laptops. Any help out there for this Dell user wishing he never bought more memory……………….
August 21st, 2006 at 9:53 pm
Thomas,
If the laptop is asking for a hard drive password you’ve never set, then I would try to upgrade/re-flash the BIOS. I know that this problem might occur on some Toshiba laptops and it might ask you for the HDD password (assuming that you never set it up) when the hard drive is going bad. On Toshiba laptops the problem could be fixed by upgrading the BIOS version. I’m not sure if it works on Dell laptops.
August 23rd, 2006 at 1:54 pm
My Inspiron started randomly shutting off when I would touch the screen (the screen and wireless card will shut off but the power light remains on). It gradually got worse and worse, and today stopped turning on at all. The battery and power cord have both been checked and are working fine. Does anyone have any ideas on what the problem could be?
August 23rd, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Ashley,
I think that your problem is related to a loose connection or a bad video cable. I think it’s possible that the video cable disconnected from the screen of from the motherboard. The only way to troubleshoot it is to open up the laptop and take a look on the cables and connectors.
BTW, do you get any video if you connect an external monitor?
August 28th, 2006 at 4:17 pm
Ashley,
you are expeiencing what many of us are suffering from. It is a flaw in the Dell laptops design. Basically there is an overheating problem which puts out excessive heat that is higher than a motherboard is supposed to be exposed to over long periods of time. The heat over time has cracked connection points. There are websites that give instructions how to find and solder these connections back together. hope this helps.
September 12th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
my dad has given me his dell inspiron 3800 to look at.
it does not boot and and does not get to post.the power light stays on for a 5 secs then stops,the fan does not spin,and the display shows nothing…any ideas ?
i have tried checking all the cables inside,because i thought it might be that.but still no luck,the cable and battery have been tested in another laptop and work fine.
any help at all would be great
September 12th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
Kurt,
The first thing to check would be the memory module. Try to reseat the module, remove if from the socket and insert back. Try moving it into another slot. Borrow the memory module from another laptop and install it into the failed laptop.
Remove the battery and wait for a minute. Try to start the laptop from AC power without the battery. Make sure that the AC adapter is fine and works properly.
September 13th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
have tried all of them things and no luck
thank you for responding
September 13th, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Kurt,
You can try to minimize the system to the bare minimum and leave just three essential parts – the main board, the CPU with cooling module and the memory. Connect an external monitor and turn the laptop on. If you still get nothing on the external screen, then most likely the system board is bad, assuming that you use a working memory.
October 4th, 2006 at 3:04 pm
I have a Dell inpiron 9200 that has recently developed a display problem. I now have a faint flickering 45mm column at the right hand portion of the LCD. All around it, the display is fine. There is one 45mm column to the right of the troubled one, and it is OK.
I suspect this is a memory problem, but have been unable to locate any information on the web.
The laptop is out of warranty (of course!) so I’m hoping to find and fix myself.
I’ve run diagnostics, which all pass. The display “behind” the column is visible and readable.
Any suggestions would be hugely appreciated!
Thanks!
Douglas
October 5th, 2006 at 9:11 am
Douglas,
I thinks that’s a screen problem. Start the laptop with an external monitor connected to the VGA port. Check the video output on the external monitor. Most likely it would be normal, without any lines. Is it? So, it’s not a memory problem because a failed memory would affect both screens – the laptop LCD screen and the external monitor.
Let me know how it goes.
October 6th, 2006 at 6:58 am
Hi.
Thanks for the reply, and the suggestion. I tried an external monitor – and as you predicted, the image was just fine. Is this good news or bad news? Does this mean the LCD is bad? Is this a common occurrance? What might be the cause of the failure? What do you suggest as to my next step in getting this resolved?
Many thanks in advance!
Douglas
October 6th, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Douglas,
It looks like a bad LCD screen to me.
A failed video cable usually affects the video output on the entire screen, not just a part of the screen. So it’s not the video cable problem.
You still have a backlight, so it’s not FL inverter failure.
The video on the external screen is fine, so it’s not the motherboard/video card failure.
The only part left is the LCD screen. In my opinion, the screen is bad and must be replaced to fix the video issue.
October 11th, 2006 at 9:42 pm
I have a problem with my dell inspiron 710m, the screen display suddenly turns very shady and everything is just hard to read.Also all the desktop icons tend to be so large.It says something about the BIOS and about upgrading the display drive.Can anyone help me with this? I tried to find out how to solve it but still in no luck.
October 15th, 2006 at 11:29 am
Anna,
Have you tried reinstalling the video driver? You can find the driver on the Dell Support website in the Drivers and Downloads section. You have to enter your laptop model and then the operating system installed on your laptop. After that you’ll get a list of downloads available for your computer. Download and install the video adapter driver and see if it fixes the problem.
November 6th, 2006 at 6:55 pm
I would like to perform a bios password reset for a Dell Inspiron 5100, but I need to know exactly where the chip is located. I have search endlessly! Help me please!
November 9th, 2006 at 3:56 pm
Thank you for these listing.
i was looking on how to replace my keyboard and couldn’t find it on dell’s extremely badly organized site !
November 11th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
I have a dell Latitude D505, It will not accept a charge. The problem started with my AC adapter, when adapter plugged into wall the power light lit up indicating that there was power running thru it. Once it was plugged into my computer and the connection had made full contact, the adapter light went out. It would then still work by charging with my port replicater and would charge that way. About a month later, I began to have the same problem with my replicator, once I connected my laptop the power lights would go out on my replicator. My computer will start and function properly with a charged battery, but I am unable to charge my batteries or run on AC. Any suggestions or comments on what may be creating this problem? Thanks
November 29th, 2006 at 12:12 pm
My 4 yr old inspiron 8500 has been working fine until last weekend. The screen flickers with vertical strips. Seems like when I pick up the laptop the lines jump around and flicker more than when it’s just sitting there. I connected to external monitor and get the same flickering. This problem occurs pretty much from boot up .. even affects the text output that you see when the computer first boots up .. shows the text chars fine but the vertical lines are vertical colored lines. Anyway, I opened up the computer.. took out and reseated the memory as well as the video card. That didn’t help. Yesterday I was able to operate for about 20 mins without any flickering (didn’t move the computer at all) then started pressing around the panel with the power button (and status lights) and picked up the computer a bit and the lines and flickering started again. I’m guessing the video card is bad or the connections are bad. Any way I can fix this? Could this be the “cracked connection points” mentioned above? If so, where can I find info about this? (Searched google and didn’t find anything)
mike
November 29th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
HI,MY DELL INSPIRON 2200 LAPTOP DOES NOT UPDATE TIME & DATE AFTER SHUTTING DOWN & POWER UP. IS THIS A BATTERY PROBLEM?
November 29th, 2006 at 10:42 pm
Kristen,
Today I am experiencing that exact same problem. My Inspiron 8600 will not charge. My AC adapter lights up and seems to be fine on its own.
As soon as I plug in the adapter into my laptop, I can hear a very light popping sound, and the light on my adapter immediately goes out. The laptop is not charging, but starts up and functions fine with the battery.
I took the entire thing apart into pieces, and looked for parts that might be loose or something in need of soldering. But no luck there. Also, I tried using another charger from a friend, but the problem persist.
I am beginning to fear a motherboard problem (with the charging or power circuit). Any suggestions or ideas are welcome!
November 30th, 2006 at 11:46 pm
Mike,
The same bad video appears on both laptop screen and external monitor. Sounds like a faulty video card. Unfortunately I know just one way to fix the problem – replace the video card.
November 30th, 2006 at 11:49 pm
Gerald,
Most likely just a bad RTC (CMOS) battery and the problem will be fixed after you replace the battery.
December 7th, 2006 at 12:36 pm
i need dell inspiron 4000 mother board manual
December 9th, 2006 at 7:50 pm
I am experiencing with the same problem with response #38(Kristen:I have a dell Latitude D505, It will not accept a charge. The problem started with my AC adapter, when adapter plugged into wall the power light lit up indicating that there was power running thru it. Once it was plugged into my computer and the connection had made full contact, the adapter light went out. It would then still work by charging with my port replicater and would charge that way. About a month later, I began to have the same problem with my replicator, once I connected my laptop the power lights would go out on my replicator. My computer will start and function properly with a charged battery, but I am unable to charge my batteries or run on AC. Any suggestions or comments on what may be creating this problem? Thanks ) and #41(Prashant:Today I am experiencing that exact same problem. My Inspiron 8600 will not charge. My AC adapter lights up and seems to be fine on its own.As soon as I plug in the adapter into my laptop, I can hear a very light popping sound, and the light on my adapter immediately goes out. The laptop is not charging, but starts up and functions fine with the battery.I took the entire thing apart into pieces, and looked for parts that might be loose or something in need of soldering. But no luck there. Also, I tried using another charger from a friend, but the problem persist.I am beginning to fear a motherboard problem (with the charging or power circuit). Any suggestions or ideas are welcome! ) on my Latitude C610.
Any help with this would be appreciated.
Thanks,
December 14th, 2006 at 1:48 am
I would like to swap the CD drive in the Dell Inspiron 6000 with another Dell having DVD drive. Can that be done and how to do it?
December 21st, 2006 at 1:25 am
I have a Dell Latitude L400. On both Win 98 and Win 2000 the internal LCD shows an alias on the left part of the screen (similar to a shifted overlap between odd and even rows) only if the applications run in full-screen mode (everithing goes right if not in full screen). It also happens that when the Windows taskbar autohides the whole desktop shifts down leaving a white strip on the higher part of the screen. At the same time everithing displays correctly on the external monitor. Any idea of the possible fault (I still tried with updated BIOS and video drivers but the problem remains)
December 21st, 2006 at 5:25 am
I have purchased a dell latitude d610 on ebay and it is locked with a bios password can anyone help? I already called dell nothing thay can help me with
December 29th, 2006 at 8:57 pm
Where do I get instructions on replacing a cracked LCD screen on a Dell Inspiron 1100?
December 30th, 2006 at 6:18 am
when i turn on my dell inspiron 7500 it say suspend to disk file. use guide. then it say replace the disk and then press any key.
i tried putting in my xp cd but nothing happens. invalid system disk.
what to do please ????????
December 31st, 2006 at 7:43 pm
Here’s a service manual for Dell Inspiron 1100, 5100, 5150. It has instructions for taking apart the display assembly and replacing the LCD screen.
January 6th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Son, (#45), I just experienced the SAME exact thing.
Lights up fine, until it is plugged into the laptop, then very faint pop, and light goes out and nothing.
I t will run fine on battery.
Did you figure anything out? Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
January 8th, 2007 at 3:58 am
Jay you mentioned (answer 25):
Can you point me to these sites ?
My Dell Inspiron 8600 monitor has gone black and the external monitor intermittently flickers and turns blue. When I jiggle the external monitor cable it fixes the external monitor problem temporarily.
Tried replacing inverter and LCD cable – but no success.
I suspect there is a cracked connection on the motherboard. This could be causing inverter to shut down into safe mode and also cause external screen to flicker/go blue.
BUt I need instructions on how to fix ! The Inspiron 8600 Service manual stops at the point where you need to get access to the rear ports. I took everything else apart but couldnt get access to the rear ports. Any help appreciated ?
Thanks
Damian
January 11th, 2007 at 3:55 am
Hi,
I want to Repair my laptop Motherboard it self i have a problem my laptop restart and error message ( IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL) or cooling fan is not working .
January 11th, 2007 at 4:16 am
I have problem with my laptop Inspiron B120. I had blue screen when loading XP. I buy another hard disk. When installing again XP, I still have blue screen with the new hard disk. What can be the problem?
January 11th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Does anyone know how to fix the problem of the dell 9200 not turning on anymore.. basically what happend was when I was in windows, it said something about a power surge, then everything locked up… now when I try to turn it on, all the lights trun green like it’s trying to startup, but then it just shuts back off after a few seconds…
January 14th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
start button no longer starts computer. Have seen a blue error message covering whole screen that said something about a fatal error
January 17th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Maguy,
Run memory diagnostics test, I usually use Memtest86+ utility. You might have a failed memory module. You’ll find a link to this utility in the “Links” on the right pane.
January 18th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Jeremy,
I think I found the problem with my laptop. It always keeps charging the battery eventhough it is actually full.
If you remove the battery and measure voltage on the motherboard’s terminal( between pin 6(19.??V) and 1(GND) always). It should not charge the battery since it not plugged in. I did compare this on my good one(I have two identical ones) and it read ~1V.
I think there is the problem on motherboard’s charging circuit but I can not find anywhere for the schematic to identify the source of problem. I would appreciate it if you or someone could provide a schematic for the DELL LATITUDE C610. Thanks
January 29th, 2007 at 6:39 am
I have a Dell D510 that I would like to fim on my on. While I was useing it I saw that it was running off battery power only even when pluge into outlet. When I wiggled the poer cord going into the computer it started running on A/C power. Tehn it went back to battery and died and now I can not get it to power up even with A/C power. I have replaced the A/C power cord and that did not fix the problem. Does anyone know what the problem is and how to fix it? Would it be worth fixing it or buy another laptop. You may also email me at PREACHER_2525@YAHOO.CO In the subject put LAPTOP REPAIR
January 30th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
I have a dell inspiron 510m and I would like to change the backlight. I looked in the manuals on the website, but it’s not explained. If someone could help please. Thanks a lot.
January 31st, 2007 at 6:05 pm
I have two dell laptops one is a C840 the other is C610 they both will turn on then a few seconds later just shut off. They both have a full strength batteries and ac adapters. Please help me with this matter.
February 2nd, 2007 at 10:41 am
I have a Dell Insiron 1150, the screen went dark. I can see the image in the background when i put bright lights toward the screen, and the additional motiter option still works. What needs to be fixed and how is it done.
Thanks
February 2nd, 2007 at 10:50 am
Gordon,
Most likely you have a failed screen inverter. Here are instructions for replacing the inverter board. The guide is made for an IBM notebook but it will not be much different for a Dell notebook.
February 3rd, 2007 at 4:01 am
I boot up my Dell Inspiron 2500 and I get the “Windows XP” screen, then it goes blue, then black. Could it be the LCD, or is it a problem with the software (Windows XP)? What need to be fixed and how is it done?
February 4th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
Sunshinedelight,
Last week I posted instructions for taking apart screen on Dell Latitude D610. I don’t think it would be much different from Inspiron 510m and disassembly steps should be almost the same.
February 5th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Torrance,
Probably it’s just a software problem. Try booting the laptop into safe mode. Can you boot to the desktop in safe mode?
February 7th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
I want to downloads the laptop driver but unfortunatly i couldn’t find the driver. the driver number is Dell latitude D505 laptop driver for XP
February 9th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
I am a student at UNLV and my dell note book (laptop) I think crashed or something. I really don’t know anything about computers and have a few assignments I need to get off my comp. ASAP! Please help me out anyone and if your local I’ll pay you.
When I start my dell all that happens is it trys to start then goes to like a black DOS screen and says that the computer could not find \system32.dll
PLEASE HELP!!
February 11th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Dan Kelley,
Test RAM. Download Memtest86+ utility, create a bootable floppy or CD disk and boot the laptop from this media. The test will start automatically. I think you might have a bad memory stick. If you have two memory stick installed into your notebook, remove them one by one. Try starting the laptop with only one RAM module installed, try both memory slots.
If the memory passes, test the hard drive. You can use Hitachi’s drive fitness test. Run an advanced test.
You’ll find links to both utilities in the “Links” on the right pane.
February 12th, 2007 at 2:22 am
My Inspiron 510m will not charge. My AC adapter lights up and seems to be fine on its own.
As soon as I plug in the adapter into my laptop, I can hear a very light popping sound, and the light on my adapter immediately goes out. The laptop is not charging, but starts up and functions fine with the battery.
I took the entire thing apart into pieces, and looked for parts that might be loose or something in need of soldering. But no luck there. Also, I tried using another charger from a friend, but the problem persist.
I am beginning to fear a motherboard problem (with the charging or power circuit). Any suggestions or ideas are welcome!
HELP ME IF U CAN (faq.intel@hotmail.com)
February 16th, 2007 at 7:59 am
hi
i have a problem in my Dell D505 in VGA port my screen is black i hardly can see any thing in the screen could you please advise me what to do
February 18th, 2007 at 10:04 am
faq intel,
sorry to say but I think you are right, it looks like a problem with the motherboard. If you have the same problem even with another power adapter, there has to be something wrong with the main board. Probably you’ll have to replace the board.
February 18th, 2007 at 10:09 am
Sam,
could you please provide more details, your question is not very clear. You hardly can see anything only on the laptop LCD screen (probably bad inverter board) or on the external monitor (might be a problem with the motherboard). Why did you mention the VGA port?
February 23rd, 2007 at 3:39 pm
I have a Inspiron 1150 that had a problem with the computer starting up, the CAPS lock key flashing, then shutting down. I figured out that it was a motherboard problem, so I just installed a new motherboard… Unfortunately, now, it boots up the fan spins, but then it just shuts off. Any ideas?
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:43 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron 2200 notebook, and every time I strike a key on the left side of the keyboard other characters are displayed in addition to the key I initially hit. HELP!!!!! Nothing has been spilled on the keyboard so I don’t understand what the problem is. Any ideas?
lturley_at_optonline.net (replace _at_ with @).
February 23rd, 2007 at 7:42 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron 1200, and the Fan has died. Where can I purchase a replacement? Also, it has intermittent trouble charging even though the battery and AC adaptor are both working fine. I believe it is the connection between the adaptor and the computer. (The DC in port). How would I go about re-seating or reparing it?
February 25th, 2007 at 2:36 am
Philip L,
You can find a replacement fan on eBay, just search for “Inspiron 1200 fan”. If the power jack is located on the motherboard you will have to remove the motherboard from the laptop and re-solder the jack.
February 26th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
I have a Dell inspiron 710m laptop. Its been abt 15 months old now. My screen randomly turns out completely black every now and then. We can feel that the processor is still running. I have to shut down the pc. Even if I turn it on again, theres non display except black screen though the processor is still running. I have to wait for few min to an hour to restart it. Can anyone advice me, what the problem might be???
Thanks, in anticipation
February 28th, 2007 at 6:44 am
My wife’s Dell Inspiron 1000 has a problem with the power plug. The one in the laptop. It’s loose, and if you don’t have the external power adapter plugged in just right, it falls back to the battery. The battery sucks, and only holds about a 15 minute charge.
I don’t believe its under warranty anymore, and want to fix it myself. I used to work at Dell testing laptops (and taking them apart), but never worked with an Inspiron.
Does anyone know where I can get an exploded view of the assembly? They used to have these on their webpage for other laptops, but I can’t find them anymore.
March 3rd, 2007 at 12:30 am
I have a Dell Inspiron 1150 — it was working fine for the last 2 years — overheating problems a few times but worked fine again once it cooled down. But for the last few days, every time I turn it on with the AC adapter, the screen goes black. I can hear the processor and fan still running however.
I can turn it on with just the battery and then connect the adaptor to charge though.
Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be?
March 3rd, 2007 at 9:11 am
crazy4u,
Take a closer look at the screen when it turns off. Is it completely black or you still can see a very faint image?
If the image is still there, most likely you have a faulty screen inverter.
March 4th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Hi cj2600,
Thanks for the advice…
Yes, I can stil see a very faint black out screen…though I can figure out easily that it isnt as black as it should be when the machine is completely off. But it boots up properly sometimes and works fine for an hour or so…you touch it or move it a bit here n there n off goes the screen though the processor still running…
I will check out the screen inverter…
Do you have any idea how much the faulty screen inverter cost?
Thanks.
March 7th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
hi the problem will be on the motherboard. Let me help u identiy what to look for. first take out the keyboard, now u should be looking at the monitor connection one the motherboard. are you with me… i think you are now good… if you look in front of that you in the direction ot the power button you will see some little connections on the mother board they are very fine. you will see two identical ones which are vertical and then another 2 identical ones which are also vertical but smaller than the first two. the you will see one larger one which will be horisontal. Good now that we identiy the are we are looking in look at the first two vertical ones. more than likely the second one in slightly burnt out or bad. The problem could be any one of those but more than likely the second one. i know thich cause mine was burned out
March 8th, 2007 at 7:26 am
Got this problem with ma Dell Inspiron 1300 .That laptop just restarts on shut down .i thought it was a virus then formatted HD and put fresh XP install but with no luck .
What do u guys think abt this ?
March 9th, 2007 at 3:02 am
The problem is the dc jack. After a certain ammount of time of pulling the power cord ina nd out of the back of the laptop, the jack becomes loose from the motherboard.
I purchased a new dc jack, they are easy to find, i got mine from ebay. Then you have to remove motherboard and resolder jack onto motherboard. I hope this helps.
March 9th, 2007 at 3:09 am
My last post was for the people having trouble with there power input.
I can now see the topic is about shutting down. I also had the same prob.
Then carefully remove chip from heatsink and re grease the top of the chip and replace it back into its slot. Then replace heatsink. Hopefully this will sort the heat problem out and stop it from restarting 
I took the casing off and removed the heatsink. The processor chip will prob be stuck onto it because of heat. I then sucked out all the dust which had clogged up all around the chip and heatsink etc, It was a lot by the way
March 9th, 2007 at 6:34 am
I accidentally spilt a little beer on a Dell Inspiron 5100. I do not want to take it in for repair because it is older and was a friend’s who gave it to me because he bought a new laptop. I was going to disassemble it and try to clean the parts and then let dry. Any advice on how to do this, or if this is a bad idea what I should do. Thanks.
March 9th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron 600m laptop. My fan went off a couple of days ago after running noisily for about a year now. I bought a new fan for $20 from parts-people.com. They have all the Dell parts you need for a pretty decent price. I went to the Dell website and followed the manual about how to get into the computer fan. Followed the steps from Dell’s website to rip off the laptop and guess what it worked. I assembled everything again and now the new fan is running like a breeze. I can’t even believe that I could do that myself.
March 10th, 2007 at 9:00 am
crazy4u,
First of all make sure it’s not just a loose cable. Reseat cables on both sides of the inverter board.
BTW, I found a new inverter for Dell Inspiron 710m for about $45 on ebay.
March 10th, 2007 at 10:34 am
I have a dell lattitude d600 need illistration of the 24co2 chip to “paperclip”the cmos password free.i am confused and a bit of a rooky at this.however the laptop is disassembled and ready for the deed.please help.the closest to the chip i can locate is a 24c25?
March 12th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
I have an old Dell Inspiron 2650 that has ceased to boot regularily. I know the main battery is dead, and has been for some time, but as I use it plugged in this was not a problem… Now it takes about 10 tries to boot to windows. Most often, the drives spin up, and I don’t get to the Dell/BIOS screen. Sometimes it gets to the splash screen then freezes, and sometimes it gets as far as windows before dying. Because my BIOS data (when I am able to get into it) is consistently dead, I suspect it is a CMOS Battery issue. Unfortunately I have been unable to find any info on where to locate a CMOS battery in my system, so I don’t know if I am barking up the wrong tree. I followed advice found on this site, and re-seated all the components, based on the attitude that the non-functioning laptop couldn’t get more non-functioning if I messed up, but it still does exactly the same thing…
March 13th, 2007 at 12:20 am
The problems with my Inspiron 1150 has changed or increased since the last 2 weeks [ post #81]
Now everytime I turn the AC power on — the screen goes black, it’ll still charge the battery though. It turns on fine with battery, but the screen flickers a LOT and if I increase the brightness to high– screen goes black again.
I tried looking at the screen with bright lights and I can still see a faint outline, so I’m thinking my screen doesn’t actually shut down– it just doesnt like to be on high brightness or on AC power….
Can somebody please help me???
March 13th, 2007 at 11:49 am
T:
Sounds like a screen inverter issue to me. Check to make sure the cables inside the screen aren’t loose, and – failing that – consider replacing the inverter.
Also, how would I go about re-soldering the DC-in jack, as I have narrowed it down to just that. I’m having trouble removing the motherboard to get to the DC-in jack.
March 17th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Would like a diagram of the removable parts on the bottom of the Dell Inspiron B130 for upgrade.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
I Have a Dell Inspiron 3800 and I am having the ac adapter turning off problem, but without the small pop as i plug it in. This laptop is old and so i disected it to see if i could find and burnt out parts or anything at all. Just for the heck of it, i plugged just the motherboard in, the light stayed on. So i plugged another part in, it stayed on. Now i found out that when i plug in a board, with everything else in, the ac adapter shuts off instantly. I had the monitor, harddrive, everything except this board, it is in the middle of the motherboard, directly beneath the keyboard, and when i put it into its slot, the AC adapter trips. What is this board and what does it do? Could this be a solution, replace it, not the entire motherboard? Thanks
March 26th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Thank you for this site. I was able to replace the keyboard on my Dell laptop thanks to the manuals. I had searched the Dell site on my own previously, but did not find what I needed until I found your site!!
March 28th, 2007 at 4:51 am
Hi,
I have a problem with a C610 – On start up, the fan starts as normally, the caps led is illuminated and after about 5 seconds it simply cuts out. Laptop picks up the power supply and continues the charge the battery even after it cuts out.
Is this a motherboard issue do you think? If so, I have a spare motherboard, but this came from a computer that had a boot password on – would the password transfer to the computer if I changed the motherboard?
Glad there’s a point of call for us rookies!! Any help very much appreciated, thanks in advance, Victoria.
March 28th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 it is about 2.5 years old. Recently, I have had difficulty getting the computer to turn. I push the power button and the LEDs light up also the blue light on the far right LED flickers. Then, nothing. THe power light stays on for a few seconds and then goes off. The LEDs next to the power button also flash. Sometimes, after I have tried turning the power on and off a few times, the machiine will turn on, go through POST start windows and everything is fine. However, on a couple of times immediately after POST, I got an error message that said something like “read/write error” and on the next line “decreased amount of available memory”
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
March 29th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Can you tell me what the difference is between a Dell Latitude D500 and a Latitude D600 is?
Also can you inform me of where I can purchase cheap memory for these laptops?
Thanks
March 29th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Can someone help me, I got a Latitude D600 and the speakers doesn’t work, I already bought a new ones but they also doesn’t work, some people told me that the sound card is broke, fut the funny thing is that the intern mic works perfectly, is there something I can do that doesn’t involve changing the mother board? Tanx
March 29th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Has anyone figured out a solution to the AC adapter turning itself off after being plugged into the computer? I’m using an inspiron 8200 and my batter does not seem to charge… ever and most of the time the AC adapter will turn itself off once its plugged into the computer.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Josh,
I’m not sure witch board you are talking about. I just looked that the Inspiron 3800 manual and didn’t see any board under the keyboard. BUT, if the laptop fails after you install this board, probably that’s your problem.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Victoria,
You’ll have to go through some troubleshooting steps. Remove all devices you can access – battery, DVD drive, wireless card, hard drive, etc… If the laptop still shuts down, probably there is something wrong with the motherboard. You tried starting the laptop from the battery alone and it didn’t work either, right?
If you cannot clear the password by unplugging the RTC battery, then it will not go away after you replace the motherboard. I don’t know how to get rid of the boot password on Dell laptops.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Brian,
Could be a memory related problem. Try reseating the memory module, move it from one slot to another. If you have two RAM modules installed, remove them one by one and try starting the laptop with only one module in place. Make sure the contact on the RAM modules are clean.
Finally, find a known good memory stick and test the laptop again.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Joel,
Try Crucial.com
I use Crucial memory a lot. It’s not expensive and reliable. I really recommend it.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Ab,
It could be just a software/settings related issue.
1. Make sure the speakers are not muted
2. Check if the volume control is turned on
3. Reinstall the audio driver
4. Reinstall Windows
If you still have no sound even after reinstalling the operating system and loading the audio driver, most likely there is a problem with the audio board.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
102John Says:
March 29th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Has anyone figured out a solution to the AC adapter turning itself off after being plugged into the computer? I’m using an inspiron 8200 and my batter does not seem to charge… ever and most of the time the AC adapter will turn itself off once its plugged into the computer.
John,
Try to remove the battery and then plug AC adapter in.
If the problem goes away, then there is the problem with your motherboard(charging circuit). I found the problem with my Dell latitude C610 but I can not find anywhere for it’s schematic to fix this problem. If you happen to have or know where to find this schematc, please give me a copy.
My e-mail address: sontran021642@yahoo.com. Thanks
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:04 am
Black Screen after Windows XP boot up — but safe mode works.
My Dell Inspiron 8500 just started having this problem. I turn it on and the Windows XP starts to boot up normally (colors, scrolling dash, etc.). Then, when it would normally go into the page where I select the user, the screen goes black. I can see that it is still processing, but the LCD does not show anything and is completely black. I am able to use the computer in the “safe mode”, but it doesn’t serve all my purposes then. Please help if you have suggestions. Thanks…
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Bob,
Sounds like a software related problem.
Try this. Boot the laptop into safe mode and use the system restore utility to take it back to a working state. I don’t remember if you can run system restore in safe mode so try it.
I think you can start the laptop in VGA mode (everything is loaded except the video driver) and uninstall the video driver. Then download it from the manufacturer’s website and install again.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:06 pm
CJ2600,
Thanks so much for the advice — I did try to do a system restore back 3 weeks and it still didn’t work. However, I will try to uninstall the video driver and reinstall a new one from the manufacturer’s site. Since I can run the laptop using a docking station on a separate monitor, I don’t see a problem with uninstalling the video driver. Any other words of wisdom would also be appreciated. Thanks again…
April 5th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Ok, Here is what I did:
I took the stock Inspiron 1150 Processor (1.3GHz?) and swapped it out for a 2Ghz (2GHZ/128/400) Processor.
It was SUPER fast loading WinXP Pro, booted fine, all that good stuff. Then it would not load, start, nothing.
It would not even turn the screen on.
It sounds like it is going through the POST test, but then it will auto shut off. Didn’t even access the DH.
So…. I replaced the original processor, hoping that maybe it was just the system not liking the processor (didn’t get a chance to update BIOS).
No dice.
Any ideas?
April 6th, 2007 at 9:37 am
I have a dell latitutde l400 which I suspect has a bad fan. I opened it up and powered on. The fan spins during a cold boot but then stops (right about the WIndows splash screen pops up).
Can someone verify this is abnormal behavior (or disabuse me of this notion)? Is there some other explanation for the machine suddenly switching off after about 10 minutes?
TIA
April 7th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
I too need the output pin-out (19.5V) for the dell 5150 power supply.
there seem to be 3 pins. Which of the 2 are to be used? I get power from the outer diamiter to the inner diamiter but the small pin seems to be dead to the other two.
April 7th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
cj2600,
Thanx for that advise, but I’ve already try all that and still doesn’t work what I’m looking is for a guide to fix the hardware, the audio board, any ideas?
April 9th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
I have a dell inspiron 710m and need to replace the keyboard, but i can’t find anywhere that tells me how to do that. Can anyone tell me or direct me to a place that can?
Thanks!!
April 9th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Mike,
Did you try downloading the service manual for your laptop? Here’s a link to the keyboard replacement instructions.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
CJ2600, thanks for the info. That gave me what I needed and it worked great, thanks!
April 10th, 2007 at 10:32 am
i have a Dell Latitude D500. a few days ago the wireless connection was working perfectly. today i left my laptop on for a few hours unattended and when i came back, the wireless had been disconnected and wasnt reconnecting. ive tried various ways of connecting and it isnt connecting. its not picking up my Sky Router or any other wireless connections. it says my built in wireless is working fine though :s dont know wha to do. can u please help?
April 10th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
My Dell Inspiron 9300 power light comes on then goes out in about 6 to 8 seconds. I spilt something in it but took the laptop apart and cleaned in good. It did not apper to damage any parts or cause any shorts. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Myron
Standing By.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Gohan,
Try uninstalling and installing the wireless card driver. If it doesn’t help, reseat the wireless card, just remove it from the slot and put it back. It’s possible that contacts on the card got oxidized and the card doesn’t make a good connection with the slot.
Check if the wireless card connection settings (manual IP address, encryption key, etc…) are correct, maybe they got changed somehow.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Myron O. Camps,
If you want to narrow down the problem, you’ll have to disassemble the laptop. Remove all devices (battery, hard drive, DVD drive, etc…) one by one until you have only motherboard (with video card), CPU and memory left. If the laptop still goes off after 6-8 seconds, it’s possible that the motherboard has been damaged by the liquid spill. If the laptop works fine when it’s minimized, start installing devices and test it after each step until you find a faulty part.
Make sure to reseat the memory module. If you have only one module installed try moving it from one slot to another.
Reseat all cables and connectors.
April 11th, 2007 at 3:39 am
thanks guys, it works now
April 11th, 2007 at 6:21 am
i have an old latitude c610 and the cpu suppose to be running at 1000 mhz but is throttled at 727 and i cant seem to get it back at 1000 using the configuration in the bios menu, does anyone else have this problem … is there a way i can get it running at full speed again.. thanks in advance.
April 13th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
My Dell 9300 has stopped charging. It functions fine while plugged in, but it will not charge batteries. I have no fear opening it up for I have repaired a few laptops in my day. Does anyone have any ideas what may have happened?
P.S. I just discovered my warranty expired 2 months ago when the problem began, GRR.
April 14th, 2007 at 10:32 am
For the people whose Inspiron 8500 and 8600 won’t charge the battery… you probably need to replace the motherboard. When my 8500 was under on-site warranty, the technician mentioned that some part of the motherboard battery circuitry degraded over time. He didn’t know whether it was the charging or monitoring circuitry, but Dell handled it as a board swap. My second motherboard was acting flaky two or three months after the swap (and the tech swapped it out twice before settling on this one), so it’s very likely that a replacement will croak too – it’s just a matter of time. I’ve seen external battery chargers for $71 to $95 and ‘like new’ (meaning working) motherboards (without processor) for $25 to $200. I think $71-95 is ridiculous for a battery charger given that a charger that plugs directly into the laptop can be found for $35, but taking the machine apart to replace the motherboard is time consuming and is only a temporary solution. One way or the other, you’re screwed…
-Mike
April 16th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Wuckman,
Make sure you are using a correct AC adapter. I have a Dell Latitude C840 notebook myself, but instead of 19V-4.5A adapter I’m using 19V-3.5A adapter, as a result my CPU always runs slower. I believe instead of 1.8GHz it runs at 1.2GHz. I tested my laptop with a correct adapter and the CPU went back to 1.8GHz, so in my case it happens because I’m using an incorrect adapter.
April 20th, 2007 at 9:34 am
I am having Dell Inspiron 6400 LAPTOP. Its monitor is flickering when it is running on battery. But it is OK when it is powered with AC. And also this is having a serious hang up problems atleaset 5 times in a hour. Please give your guidelines.
April 24th, 2007 at 8:13 am
hello i have a problem with my laptop it is 3 years old it is a dell 500m inspiron it doesnot power on for some while. But the ac adpter has the green light on what could be the problem please help me
April 24th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
I have a Dell C840. The screen is so loose that it just free-falls. How do I fix this? (tighten?) Thanks.
April 24th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Doug Stone,
If the screen will not stay in the normal position and just falls, probably you have broken hinges. You’ll have to replace both hinges.
I just searched on eBay for “latitude C840 hinges” and found entire hinge/bezel/latch assembly just for $25. I think that’s a really good price. Dell instructions will help you to transfer the display, cable and inverter.
April 28th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Hi guys, I bought a used dell latitude d510 a few weeks ago. When I was at the guys house the computer seemed to be working great. 2 days later I tried using it for the first real time.
At first windows would load and after a little while the screen would become very pixelated, large chunks (maybe 5×20 pixels horizontally) would form in the graphics that looks like a bad dvd decoding. eventually they would consume the whole screen. sometimes moving a window or getting the start up menu to pop up clears the chunks temporarily, then the form in the clear space again.
Then after a week or so the chunky pixels problem began to occur immediately after the laptop was turned on, even the Dell logo/bios start up was messed up. After the boot, I could do the window move thing and sometimes it would temporarily clear the chunks back to normal in the section (of the desktop) behind the window. As usual the chunks would form again.
Here is a link to the picture I took with my phone:
In the picture you can see that the bad image is also exactly the same on my TV out.
If this is a bad video card issue could you please share a link to a tutorial on how to remove, clean and replace the video card?
I also installed the latest video drivers as posted on the dell support/download section of their site.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
April 28th, 2007 at 9:38 am
sorry the link didn’t work here is a direct link to the picture for my last post, my bad
http://img178.imageshack.us/im.....044sw8.jpg
April 29th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Raulcheeba,
When you get the same video defect on both internal and external screen, most likely it indicates a problem with the video card. I’m not sure 100% but I think in your laptop the video card is integrated into the motherboard. If the video card is bad you’ll have to replace the whole motherboard. Here are instructions for Dell Latitude D510 notebook.
May 7th, 2007 at 2:16 am
I AM NEED SERVICE INSPIROR 3700. YOU HELP ME . THANK YOU .
May 21st, 2007 at 8:50 am
Hello,
I have a Inspiron 6000 notebook, and the LCD becomes very dark a few seconds after I start it up. It works fine if I connect the s-video to another lcd screen. From reading about similar issues above, I have gathered that my problem is likely the inverter. I saw in post 66 that someone had taken apart their D610. Do you know if I would follow the same steps for my 6000? Also, what is the ‘backlight’? And could that possibly be the issue with my laptop?
Thanks You, khil22.
May 26th, 2007 at 9:15 am
I have read all topics relating to display problems. Here is my problem. The display does not work.
I can see everything on the screen, but the text and icons are unreadable.
In my opinion everything is unreadable because the screen has very small white vertical lines running through the whole screen. The screen is also dull and not bright like usual.
I replaced the video card because the problem would appear and disappear. Once I would start to type, move the laptop, or move the display, the display would first become unreadable with the white vertical lines, but then after more use the problem would get even worse. The screen would get so bad that I could not even see any of the icons and the computer would crash.
My reason for replacing the video card so stemmed from connecting an external monitor. The display on the external monitor also would not work, but the display was vivid unlike mine.
After replacing the video card, I can move my laptop, I can type, and I can move the display with out causing the laptop to crash or the problem to get worse.
The only problem is that the vertical lines are still present and the screen does have a dull/not vivid appearance.
I figure that video card and inverter went bad at that same time, but I am not sure. I would love some ideas what to do next.
Also what caused the display to go bad is the computer started to work very slow. Then all on a sudden it crashed and when started up again … the display was not working correctly.
After taking out the video card, I noticed that the heating transfer compound was dry and brittle, so I assumed that the video card went bad.
I bought the new video card off idea, sot it might have problems as well, but I doubt it.
Any suggestions? Thank you reading this post.
May 28th, 2007 at 8:28 am
Update to my problem: I hooked up the computer to an external monitor. The monitor would work on start-up. Before windows would load, the external monitor would read unable to display the current display and would go blank. My laptop would load into windows and I would still have the normal problems. So I decided to install the nvidia drivers for my 32mb Geforce 440 ToGo. This made the problem even force. Different distorted colors would be left where ever I moved the cursor. The display also had funny colors. The laptop would crash after a few seconds.
I figure that without the nvidia drives the display was running at minimal setting, same as if the laptop was in safe mode, after the drivers where installed something was not able to support the extra performance/data.
So now I am even more lost to what the problem is. Any suggestions?
May 29th, 2007 at 10:54 am
Hi,
I have a dell inspiron 1300 and the speakers have just suddenly stopped working… does anyone know why? I have re-started it and it’s not on mute before you ask.
George
May 29th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Peter Westernman,
When the inverter board goes bad, the screen turns really dark because the baclight lamp not getting any power from the inverter but a failed inverter board cannot cause vertical lines on the screen.
May 29th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Georgina,
Test the laptop with headphones. If you can hear sound using headphones but external speakers do not work, you might have faulty speakers.
If both external speakers and headphones do not work, you might have a software related problem. Check all setting again just to make sure the sound is turned on. Try reinstalling the audio driver.
June 2nd, 2007 at 7:27 pm
CJ2600, Thank you for the reply. After looking at all of the evidence, I came to the conclusion that a power surge or over heating of the video card caused the display to go bad. With the new video card, the problem is better, but not solved.
To sum up when the video card went bad, so did the monitor, but not the inverter. Does this make sense? Or do you think the problem stems from a bad motherboard? Or even a different problem?
Thank you for all the help.
June 3rd, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Peter,
I don’t know. To narrow down the problem it is necessary to test the laptop with another screen.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Hi! I have a Dell INspiron XPS GEN1 laptop, which I bought over ebay a few days ago. It arrived as brand new. And I can see that it is all orginally sealed. But I cannot turn it on. After pressing the power button, the three lights in the middle went on for a few seconds and went away. The hard drive light flashes once before it goes away. The LCD flickers once as well. I tried it so many times and it gives me the same result.
But if I press and hold either F10 or F11 or “start-menu” key at the lower left before all those three lights go away, those lights will stay. Meanwhile, the fan turns on as well, although it does not turn the computer on. And neither the lights nor the fan stops until I unplug it.
This happens no matter I am working with AC or battery. The lights on the battery were off always. But it should have some power in it.
Anyone can help me? It is a new one, although has gone out of warranty long ago. Thanks so much!
June 7th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Robin,
It’s hard to guess what is wrong. Try removing some devices such as hard drive, DVD drive, wireless card and see if it makes any difference and you can get video. Try reseating the RAM module, move it from one slot to another.
Remove the battery and try starting the laptop from the AC adapter, without the battery installed.
June 10th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Hello, I have a Dell 8600 laptop and last week it asked if I wanted to restart it…so I did! Well, it turns on fine, but when the screen should pop up asking if I would like to get on my side of the computer, or my father’s, mother’s, or even brother’s side of the computer…that screen never pops up…it remains a black screen, even though my laptop is still turned on! HELP!
June 10th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Heidi Wood,
I think it can be a software related problem. Can you boot the laptop in Safe mode?
Turn on the laptop and press F8 before the laptop starts booting into Windows. Try using Last Known Good Configuration option, it might help.
June 10th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Once I press ’safe mode’ it seems to freeze with a lot of different words amd numbers written below ’safe mode.’
June 10th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
yeaaaah, so im having the exact same problem as heidiiiii!!!!!!!!! it is making me very upset because i tiried the safe modes and the last known good configuration thing and my computer still won’t work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i NEEEEEED my laptop next week for a consumer economics project!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE, WHAT CAN I DO???????!!!!!!!!!!
June 10th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Heidi Wood,
Now test the hard drive. Download and run the Hitachi’s drive fitness test , you’ll find the link in Resources in the sidebar. This problem could be related to a faulty hard drive.
June 11th, 2007 at 1:25 am
Hi-
I have an Inspiron 2100 notebook. The small power connector has snapped off at the back- leaving a small, flush, tight piece left inside.
Any clue on how to remove it? I tried digging it out with tweezers but there’s no real place to grab onto. I can’t tell if there’s more to get into if I disassemble it? Really do not want to do that, if possible…
Help?
adkmom(at)gmail.(remove the obvious)com
Thanks
July 2nd, 2007 at 8:27 pm
I have a dell 700m.. My speaker wires broke recently and i took it apart. I turned it on to test everything got excited and put everything back with out turn it off… As i was screwing in the inverter board the screw driver accidenty touch the inverter board and my lcd went dark. If u look closely you can see the icons and background aim etc but the backlamp isn’t lighting up…
do i need to just replace the inverter board or the whole lcd?
July 2nd, 2007 at 9:57 pm
jc007,
I would try replacing the inverter board first.
July 3rd, 2007 at 2:26 pm
you dont think it fried the backlamp do you?
July 3rd, 2007 at 11:33 pm
jc007,
I don’t know. There is no way to find out what is wrong unless you either install a known good inverter board or test the laptop with a known good backlight lamp. I recommended replacing the inverter board because it’s much cheaper and easier then replacing the backlight lamp.
You can find a new inverter board here for $30-35.
This is just my guess.
July 4th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
I have a dell inspiron 2650 and it does not turn on. It starts up but then nothing. The adaptor works fine. I contacted dell and the tech support had said it most likely is the Video Card. I want to know if anyone else thinks this might be the problem as well?? If so is it hard to replace myself??
July 5th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Teresa,
What doesn’t it mean “it starts up but then nothing”? Does the laptop have video on start up and then the screen goes blank or you have no video at all?
July 5th, 2007 at 6:23 am
opps sorry..It turns on but no video at all..i tried a diff monitor and no video either..
July 8th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Teresa,
Yes, it could be a video card related problem. But it’s also could be a memory related problem.
I would test this laptop with a known good memory first, it might help.
Replacing the video card is not difficult if you have some laptop repair experience. But it’s hard for people without experience. Just in case, here’s a link to the disassembly manual. Click on the system board link and then go to the step 6 (video card removal).
July 8th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
Thanks so much cj. I will try out the memory first before going to the video card!
July 12th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
by pluge it into the wall 24/7, could it be bad for the battery?
July 15th, 2007 at 8:24 am
I have a Dell Latitude C600
I have tested 2 motherboards and they both do the same thing.
July 15th, 2007 at 8:28 am
I have a Dell latitiude c600.
IT has trouble turning on, the system lights will come on and then after about 5 sec, everything shuts off. I have tested 2 motherboards in this system.
The battery is charging as if I plug in the AC adapter, the battery light is lit up. But either way, it does the same thing with the AC adapter in.
I DON’T see the cpu fan turning on so im thinking this may be the issue. Does anyone know if the Dell latitudes will shut off automatically when not detecting the fan?
July 17th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron 8600. I have had it for 4 years and had a few problems..one, the fan stopped working and they walked me through how to make it work again. Then it wouldn’t recognize my dvd/cd drive and they walked me through that too. My warranty just expired in February of this year and two weeks ago my screen went black. All the lights work windows sounds, etc..fine, no display. Called Dell and they said it was my video card. I ordered one, and had to pay for it, of course, since it is out of warranty….they walked me through installing it, and when I powered up, it worked….for 2 days…today, the screen is black again, and after 3 hours on the phone with a man that sounds like he is from India he tells me it is not my video card, but the motherboard. Can someone tell me if it is…and if it could be related to that fan not running so that I could get Dell to pick up the cost of replacing it???
July 20th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Josh,
Did you test RAM? It is possible that your laptop shuts down because of a faulty RAM module.
Not sure about that. I think the laptop will shut down when CPU overheats but 5 seconds is not enough to warm up the CPU to the critical temperature. Test your laptop with a known good memory stick.
July 24th, 2007 at 10:29 am
I have a Dell latitiude c600.
IT has trouble turning on, the system lights will come on and then after about 5 sec, everything shuts off. I have tested 2 motherboards in this system.
The battery is charging as if I plug in the AC adapter, the battery light is lit up. But either way, it does the same thing with the AC adapter in.
I DON’T see the cpu fan turning on so im thinking this may be the issue. Does anyone know if the Dell latitudes will shut off automatically when not detecting the fan?
July 25th, 2007 at 12:37 am
i have advent laptop it has a proplem in it hard disk in was broken by my girl fireind and som time it has no display so please tell it fault so that i can repair it
July 26th, 2007 at 1:45 am
My keyboard is frozen on my dell i tryed to re hook it up inseide but i just scratched it up!! I dont know what to touch or hook or how far i can open it.. I NEED HELP!!
July 28th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
dell latitude cpx 650 , when external monitor connected it boots up , the lcd screen is black and blank and windows xp is working fine with external monitor. changed twice the laptop lcd screen from ebay, still not getting any display on the lcd screen. with out hooking up the external monitor the laptop doesnt boot up and power autmatically turned off after 2 mins
help please
August 6th, 2007 at 1:21 am
hi i have a toshiba and my screen has these virtical lines i hook it up to a monitor it still the same can u help me
August 7th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Issue relating to boot problems not displaying screen correcting – maybe SP2 related? A particular issue with XPHome. Unfortunately, the only way I’m away of how to fix it is safe mode and re-set screen configs.
I have an issue with a bundle of d400’s I’ve acquired. When powered up, the screen will randomly fail to show, and sometimes when in use, the screen will cut out. Have tested backlight/invertor – ok, RAM – ok etc.
About 10% of what I’ve got has this issue – any ideas?
August 13th, 2007 at 9:48 am
I have Dell Inspiron 8500, which I can no longer turn on. When I press the power button, I see the LEDs blinking once and then nothing happens. I do not hear the hard drive spinning, fan, or any other sounds normally coming from a starting laptop. The BIOS screen does not show either. It looks like there is absolutely no power. I tried to turn it on with the battery removed, with a different (known to be good) power supply, with a different RAM module (borrowed from a different laptop). Nothing helps. The laptop seems totally dead. I have replaced a hard drive not long ago, but I doubt that the issue is caused by the drive, since even the BIOS screen does not come up. I’ve noticed that some people had similar symptoms. Was anyone able to figure out and fix the issue? I would hate to spend $65 for diagnostics to find out that the repair would cost over $200. Any ideas? Thanks.
August 13th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Victoria,
If you are experiencing the same problem with a few different laptops, then most likely this problem is not related to laptop hardware.
Check the BIOS version installed on faulty laptops. Maybe there is more recent BIOS release witch covers this problem?
August 13th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Alek Davis,
Sounds like a bad system board to me, I could be wrong but sound like it. The AC adapter plugs directly into the system board and if the board is dead, probably it’s bad. For $65 you can find a used motherboard
, just search here for “Inspiron 8500 motherboard”.
Here you’ll find instructions for replacing the motherboard.
August 14th, 2007 at 9:18 am
cj2600,
Thank you very much for the feedback and links. I really appreciate it.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:17 am
I have a latitute 131L that I use for work, and I always get these annoying Dell updates, that I usually ignore. Well, yesterday I decided to install the updates, the first one was a BIOS update, and it froze the computer. Now the computer won’t start up. I press the power button, it starts to turn on, then I hear two beeps, and nothing. looking at the BIOS codes, the two beeps means its not recognizing the video card, which would explain why nothing is working. should I bother trying to reseat the video card, even if it was a BIOS update that caused it to stop working?
August 15th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Hey Brittany, From what you say I gather that you shutdown your computer in the middle of the bios flash or used the wrong bios flash or something along those lines. Anyway from what I hear you are pretty much screwed. I believe though if you replace the bios chip you should be okay. Maybe try removing the cmos battery (looks like a watch battery somewhere inside the computer) and putting it back in. You never know.
Anyway I got my own problem. I’m pretty sure I have a Dell Latitude c840 with a bad motherboard but Who knows maybe someone can reinforce it and maybe its something different. Anyway I recieved laptop with windows xp on it and it booted up and appeared to be fine except it was dead slow. I’m taking NON-USABLE SLow. It ran so slow that you couldn’t even type because the response to the keyboard was off. I figured bad drivers, registry or something else so I wiped the hard drive and tried to reinstall windows XP. Unfortunately the problem still existed and I never suceeded in reinstalling xp because I couldn’t type in the COA because of the bad keyboard response. NOTE I plugged in an external keyboard to verify this wasn’t a keyboard issue. Anyway this thing was so slow it took like 30 seconds to get through bios. Can anyone come up with a better diagnosis or am I right in assuming it is a bad motherboard. Thanks
Dan
August 18th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Dan,
It’s possible that one of the devices in your laptop is defective and it’s causing the problem. Here’s what you can try to narrow down the problem. Minimize the system as much as you can. Remove hard drive, DVD drive, wireless card, modem, maybe even unplug the keyboard and use an external one. You don’t need all these devices to get into the BIOS. Test the laptop with all above mentioned devices removed. If it still doesn’t work properly in BIOS, probably you have a bad motherboard. Try reflashing the BIOS if you can.
If the laptop starts working fine, start installing all removed devices one by one and find witch one is causing the problem.
August 19th, 2007 at 11:51 am
to cj2600,
Thanks for the help, I will check this out asap and post my findings.
August 20th, 2007 at 3:35 am
i want the network drivers for inspiron 710m with service tag FFL9H91
August 20th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
I rolled back my system restore, which I have done a few months ago too, and the screen works fine now. I think that it was a driver issue, even the dell star up logo is back to normal. thanks again
August 25th, 2007 at 8:33 am
i have a problem dell insprion 5150 laptop but power no start. push the start button indicator led blinking but machine shut down. i check the ac adapter jack but its ok. i think main board have a problem.
what can i do?
thank you..
aytekin copur
aytekincopur@hotmail.com
August 26th, 2007 at 8:34 am
thank you soo much
August 27th, 2007 at 5:40 am
Hi – I have a Dell Latitude C610. It will power up fine with the battery out, but not when the battery is installed. Should I try buying a new battery or is it more likely a motherboard problem? Thank you!
August 28th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
I have a problem with my dell C610, it works fine but suddenly the whole screen goes white, i tried with an external monitor and it worked perfectly fine, so I checked for loose connections and it all seems to be in its pace. I noticed that when I use the CTR/LCD function the LCD sometimes works ok and after a few minutes it goes white again.
And when the screen goes white the system keeps running normally… What do you think faulty LCD & or video card?
August 29th, 2007 at 1:44 am
I have A dell laptop inspiron710m thaer is A BIos password I codent remove it to it display
please help me
August 29th, 2007 at 1:55 am
I have A dell laptop inspiron710m thaer is A BIos password I codent remove it tot display
please help me
August 30th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
To the user below me #187, if you have a BIOS password that you cannot remove/remember, take out the CMOS battery on your motherboard and put it back in. This will clear all CMOS settings saved, including the BIOS password.
September 2nd, 2007 at 1:27 am
my dell inspirion 1100 will not load. message “error loading operating system” comes up and the computer will not do anything else. If I am quick enough i can hit F12 and go thru the diagnostic checks which the computer says all pass but it will not ever load. suggestions?
September 3rd, 2007 at 7:24 am
Was working with Dell Latitude D810 to move stuff off hard drive using cables, etc.
The 810 has slowly been dying and the display backlight quit months ago. It stopped transferring files last night and the battery light was GREEN and blinking rapidly with the adapter plugged into the machine and battery installed. It was also hot, even for a Dell.
Now when I try to boot up, I get the first screen that says “Centrino” down in the bottom right corner. After about 10 or 15 seconds there are two loud beeps and system goes to sleep.
Is is still possible to retrieve data off the hard drive or am I toasted?
Thanks,
Steve
September 4th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Dear sir
thank you I did waht you say but nathing the bios password and my dell inspiron 710m with the service tag HCQSK91 stell not display .
how i have the master password .
Some buody say theare A CD coude remove it but the P .C coudent display is thise work or not .It couste $ 20 It not problem it can display .
Kind regard
Younes Abu Jaber
0096777391177
September 11th, 2007 at 7:59 am
Dear sir
I’ve had an inspiron 9100 laptop, and it was working briliantly for nearly 3 years until now. The screen sometimes goes dark (i can still see the image but the backlight goes off). This happens almost everytime as i try to move the display and some times by itself. Is it an inverter/cable problem? or could it be the mainboard too?
September 11th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Sergei,
I think it can be a connection related problem. It’s possible that the video cable is not making a good connection with the motherboard or the inverter board. Try reseating these connections.
September 12th, 2007 at 4:55 am
thank you for quick responce! Yes, i have reseated the connections and it now seems to work perfectly! thank you!
September 12th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
I just replaced the bottom right fan on my Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop, and it spins only during boot up. The laptop works normally for around 3 minutes than the entire system locks up with no choice except power off. Any idea what is wrong?
September 12th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Cindy,
Did you remove the heat sink during disassembly process? Did you apply new thermal grease on the CPU if you removed the heat sink?
It’s possible that old thermal grease dried out and the laptop freezes because the CPU overheats. Make sure the heat sink is seated properly on the CPU and there is no gap between these two parts. This is just a guess.
September 13th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Thanks for the info. Will try thermal grease. There was no sign of any old or new thermal grease on the heat sink which makes me wonder how it ever worked! Can the old thermal grease totally dissappear?
September 14th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Hi All,
Memorial Day weekend we packed up my Inspiron 8500 which was working fine and took off for the weekend. When we got to our destination, turned on the computer – nothing. Turned out the battery charger and LCD were both dead. The screen worked with an external screen, so we replaced the LCD & our computer guy gave us another charger (non-Dell). We now just got our 4th LCD. The first did not work, the 2nd looked like a refurb and worked for about 12 hours. The 3rd worked for 2.5 months, and now I’m scared to death to use the computer for fear I’ll burn out another. Priority electronics who I bought the LCD from b/c they have a 1yr wty is starting to think it’s my computer & sounding like they won’t replace any more of these. My computer guy (who doesn’t work on many Dells) is wondering if Dell has a display driver/chip set issue on the board. I was going to go ahead and buy a new battery and charger, but don’t want to throw more good money after bad if there is a problem with the board. Any ideas???!!! thansk in advance.
September 15th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Kathleen,
It sounds like you are getting bad screens.
September 20th, 2007 at 9:15 am
RE:#195,196 & 197
I removed heat sink and replaced with new thermal grease. The system still locks up. Any other idea what else could be wrong?
September 25th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
i have a dell 1100 inspiron and my ac adapter burned i got a new one to charge my laptop now it no longer charges what seems to be the problem
September 26th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
My daughter has a Dell Inspiron 6000. It was shutting down with an error message saying it was overheating. She did not tell me this and now it will not start up at all. It won’t run with or without the battery and plugged in. Tried it with a working AC supply. I took it apart and blew a lot of dust out of the fan area. I did not get all the way into the heat sink area so I’m not sure if there is more in there or not. Is there any way to test if the problem is a motherboard issue or a processor issue? I’m sure it has overheated as the decal on the outside of the processor is discolored and the plastics inside seem to be a bit melted looking around the cutouts for various parts. I would like to try to fix this myself but not sure if I should start with processor or motherboard.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
i have an old Inspiron 2500 that has lost the “o” key. Is there a source just for the key? If not where can I get a used keyboard?
September 27th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Sonia,
Unfortunately you cannot troubleshoot it without a known good CPU of motherboard. Sorry, you’ll have to guess.
September 27th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Gord,
Check out this post: A key fell off the laptop keyboard. Fixing the problem. You’ll find the answer in ther.
October 2nd, 2007 at 12:27 pm
How to remove CD drive from Inspiron 1000? I don’t want to destroy my notebook
October 6th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
I have a Dell inspiron 8200 and I was wondering if any one has a solution to this problem. My LCD is blank but I can see the image in the background. I have gone as far as buying a new LCD which came assembled but the same result. I connected an external monitor to the laptop and it works fine on the external. I have reinstalled my video drivers and no success. I have started in safe mode and still nothing on the lcd. I’ve reinstalled the bios, reseated the video card, reseated the LED board and nothing. If anyone has a solution to this I would greatly appreciate it thanks in advance.
October 10th, 2007 at 1:33 am
Hi. I need help.
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My Dell Inspiron 1100 wan’t boot.
When I turn it on its seems like it’s starting to boot. I can even enter in BIOS. But when the post message is over and it should show boot picture of winXp, the screen is turn to black and nothing is hapening. caps lock and Num lock LED’s are blinking. Fan’s is working. And nothing hapenning
What would be you suggestion ?
October 13th, 2007 at 5:36 am
hello, i have a laptop inspiron 1200 and it just ask for me a password for bios and getting into the system of my computer, i really appreciate any help you can give me since i called dell and i didn’t receive the help i need. thanks
October 13th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
Craig,
In cases like this the first think to try is replacing the inverter board. If the LCD screen is dark but you still can see a faint image, most likely this problem is related to the inverter – the power supply for the backlight lamp.
Did you replace just the screen or it came with the inverter – a small board attached to the bottom of the screen?
You can find some help in this thread: How to troubleshoot and fix laptop video problems
October 13th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Krot,
Test the hard drive, you can use Hitachi’s DFT. If the hard drive passes test, try reinstalling Windows from scratch.
Also, test memory with Memtest86+.
I linked to both utilities in Resources on the right side.
October 14th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
I have a DELL INSPIRON 3700 that boots up and logs into WIN98, but, the creen is black, completely not like the failing back lights of an aplle where you can still see the screen a little bit. Please help — Email= mainebilly@comcast.com, thanks ever so much
October 28th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
I tried to upgrade my Dell Inspiron 710m memory from 1 GB (2 X 512) to 2 GB (2 X 1GB). I bought a Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-5300 667MHz 200-pin SODIMM DDR2 Laptop Memory from Buy.com. Surprisingly the new memory doesnt fit into the socket. The nick present in between the pins (200 pins) is 1 mm close to one end (I compared with the one in my note book which has PC2700 DDR SDRAM SODIMM memory). Do you think this is a manufacturer damage or problem, or this new crucial memory doesnt support my notebook.
October 28th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Chak,
DDR2 memory is not backward compatible with DDR memory. DDR2 module will not fit into the slot designed for DDR module. It looks the same but the notch is located in a different spot.
You purchased DDR2 but you need DDR.
October 30th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
HELP PLEASE I HAVE A DELL B120 INSPIRON HOW IN THE HECK DO I RESET THE BIOS PASSWORD CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN ????????????
October 30th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
PLEASE HELP ME. I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 with no documentation-user manual, etc. I can’t go online with AOL 9 even though I have it on my PC. AND, the computer says its operating system is Windows XP Professional when you turn it on BUT, on the bottom of the refurbished computer, it says Windows XP Home edition.
It has no sound, none of the following works:Multimedia audio controller, PCI modem, Video controllers, Network controller, etc. it’s because they have no drivers.
I need the manual and the operating disk(s) to access the system. Please help me!
I filled out the ownership transfer form with the service tag and express service code and it kept saying my name was wrong each time i tried to submit it SO PLEASE, WHAT DO I DO??
Please send me the Operation disk(s) and user manuals. Thank you.
November 3rd, 2007 at 6:12 pm
my inspiron 5160 has a screen problem it works on and off i currently know that it has somthing to do with the connection to the screen i just want to know how to get to the screen connector and fix it myself if i can
November 3rd, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Msfoxie Williamson,
Download these drivers from the Dell website on your PC, then transfer drivers to the USB flash drive and install them on your laptop.
November 3rd, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Yuri,
You can access the screen connection if you follow instructions in this maintenance manual.
November 5th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Hi I have a question.Im not a real familar with Dells but I am with most other laptops.My girlfriend has an older dell inspiron 4100 that has an issue where it will start to power up then shuts off.Sometimes it will run for long times and not do this other times it wont stay on running unless it sits for a few eeks. I know compaq had a similar issue caused by heatsink mounting studs breaking from the motherboard but as Im not so familiar with dells was curious if anyone had any starting ideas. I am going to disassemble the unit and inspect all components from loose wires or connections, clean the system out, inspect and clean the heat sink and mounts, and replace the cpu with a bigger one within range.I notice that this 4100 doesnt have a pci card in the bottom byt the modem was this an option on these or is this just missing from the factory? Thanks for any ideas or input.
November 5th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Joe,
I would check the memory first. Try reseating the memory modules, clean the contacts and test the laptop again.
November 9th, 2007 at 7:07 am
Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 8600. I have been having problems with a blue flashing screen at startup. It seems to start ok until right after the screen that says DELL is about to switch. It then goes to a complete black screen for about 5-10 seconds and then the blue flashing screen comes up. There is writing on the screen, but it is quite difficult to read because you only get to see it for a milisecond. I did make out “memory dump”. And there seems to be something about a driver, but I am not sure what else is going on. Anyway, I then hold down the power button to turn it off and wait 20 seconds or so and turn it on. Sometimes (most of the time) it boots normally and everything is great, but other times it takes 4 or 5 times to restart it before it goes on to Windows XP. Could anyone help me? I am in law school, so this computer is VERY important right now. Thanks
November 21st, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Hi,
I have a Dell Inspiron 3800 that has somewhat loose hinges. If you move the lid at all while it’s open the display will flicker. It also flickers when booting up but stops after it’s been running a bit. I will try attaching a monitor to it, but this sounds like the display cable needs to be replaced. The hinges are strong but have about an inch of free play from the top of the display. Does this sound like a cable issue to you?
Thanks
November 23rd, 2007 at 8:07 pm
I have a question i have a dell 1200 laptop but the password is locked in bios what should i do? i have tryed unhooking the battery
so it makes it lose the password data but it didint work. please help
November 25th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Chris,
Could be some kind of connection issue. You can open up the laptop and try reseating the video cable connectors first.
November 27th, 2007 at 7:18 am
mine laptop dell inspiron 4000 keypad is not working
November 27th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
I have got a Dell Inspiron 3800 I set a bois password and admin password after a while of not using it I forgot the password and I can not reset it now. Would you please help me reset the password on my dell laptop.
Thanks
November 30th, 2007 at 8:16 am
My Dell B120 notebook does not detect the hard drive. I replaced another one and it worked for a short time. It does not detect the hard drive again.
It shut down and say problem noticed. How can I repair this problem
December 1st, 2007 at 12:33 am
Elineema Mndeme,
The hard drive plugs directly into the motherboard. If the laptop cannot see a known good hard drive, then most likely there is something wrong with the motherboard or with the BIOS.
- check if the hard drive is detected by the BIOS
- make sure the hard drive is good, run the hard drive test
- try reinstalling the operating system
- make sure that the hard drive is properly connected to the motherboard
- try upgrading the BIOS
December 4th, 2007 at 8:23 am
I tried to find another hard disk and reinstalling the operating system. It worked only for five hours. After five hours the Hard disk was not detected again. I checked the hard disk and it was dead. I do not know what makes the hard disks to die. Is it concerned with circuit problems or BIOS?
I do not know whether there is internal/output error.
Please I still need your help with my DEll B120 laptop.
December 8th, 2007 at 9:41 am
I FORGET THE PASSWORD OF THE BIOS SETING OF DELL INSPIRON 510M HOW TO REMOVE
BECOUSE I CANNOT ENTER TO THE BIOS SETING
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP
December 15th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
I have a dell b120 when i pree the power button the led lights come on and the fans turn on. Blac screen and if i plug it up to a monitor the same black screen. The lights stay on and fan runs and thats as for as it boots. Can some one help me troble shoot this problem?
December 19th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
I have a Dell Inspirion 9300 which has been working just fine until yesterday, when it started giving some beeping sounds like radio static, today it gave that sound and the an error message came up on the screen saying that the laptop has to be turned off to prevent computer damage. Since then the laptop doesnt come on, actually when you start it normally, the lights all flash on and then flash off without the computer starting unless you hold on to the start button for a long time and then it starts but after sometimes it makes that beeping sounds and then switches off. I have removed the battery and started it with ac and it still gives the same problem. Can someone help me?
December 21st, 2007 at 3:51 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron 2650 that is very very slow. Reminds me of the 1990’s CPU’s. I have reloaded windows to start from scratch and it is still very slow. Is there something I am missing here? When I got it in 02 it was much faster than today. Can someone offer some advice to get this computer up to par?
December 23rd, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Don Hensel,
I would test the hard drive. It’s possible that the hard drive is going bad and because of that your laptop is very slow. Most likely that’s your problem. You can use Hitachi’s driver fitness test, you will find a link in Resources on the right side.
December 30th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
I have a problem with the ‘w’ on my dell insperion 7500 laptop. I have ordered a new keyboard but am having trouble getting detail instructions on how to replace it, Any help will be appreciated.
thanks
January 1st, 2008 at 9:47 am
My Dell Inspiron B130 will get to the blue screen that says http://www.dell.com and the will say read disk error and wiil not go any further. So I tried the ctrl F11 to do the symnatic ghost restore and it fails every time. Can someone please help I have no idea where to go next?
Thank you
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:32 am
how do I reset the bios password on a dell inspiron 710m an how can i get a master code
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
i have a problem with my Dell inspiron 6000 that can’t powering up when i supply voltage using PS the voltage become drop from 19Vdc become 7 VDC and i’m suspected some of the comp spoil but i’m unable to trace the circuit. is there any body that can share to me the Schematic for this model ?thank’s B 4
January 3rd, 2008 at 11:21 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron B130. I’ve read most the comments and I think the problem is the inverter but want to make sure.
Out of the blue the screen started getting a red tint. If I closed the screen and reopend it would go away but quickly come back. Finally the screen went blank but I could see windows in the back ground if I held the laptop in the right light. It works perfectly when connected to an external monitor.
Do I need to replace the inverter or the entire screen? and
Is this a common problem in the Inspiron series?
Thanks
January 4th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
My Dell Inspiron 9300 was working fine but suddenly stopped working and now wont start at all, just over the last couple of days when i boot up it displays a message ” your battery is charging normally but is nearing the end of its life ” just prior to stopping i noticed that the battery charge led was flashing orange,
I Dont know what to do should i buy a new charger or battery or both ?
please HELP
Thanks Danny
January 5th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Tim,
Did you find disassembly instructions for a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop?
January 5th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Stacy,
Could be bad hard drive. Enter the BIOS setup screen and check if have any utilities for testing the hard drive. Test the hard drive. Can you see the hard drive in the BIOS at all?
Alternatively, you can download and use Hitachi’s drive fitness test for testing the hard drive (link on the right side of the website).
January 5th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Reggie,
I think this problem is related to the laptop backlight lamp (CCFL), not the inverter board. When you start getting a red tint, most likely the backlight lamp is going bad, witch means replacing the screen.
You can try replacing the backlight lamp, but it’s not easy.
January 5th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Danny,
Remove the battery from the laptop and try starting it just from the AC adapter. Will it start at all? Can you see and LED lights on the laptop when you plug the AC adapter and turn on the laptop? I think that the AC adapter is bad.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
i forgot password of latitude c510/610 can anyone help me ?
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:13 am
backup your hard drive using a bootable backup software into a USB stick or HD, then when you format the HD (install Windows XP Professional SP2) and do the setup and all that restore all the files back to your computer. There? Easy!
January 26th, 2008 at 12:28 am
dell 8100 loptop Bios Password Remove
January 28th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I sent my Dell Inspiron Notebook 6000 to get repaired. Paid a lot of money for it and got it back still with the same problem. I will be sending it back to them but would like to get some output on what causes the circular static lines on the screen. Sometimes it would just be a red dot in the center. I can see that it causes the pictures that Im looking at with different staticky red lines on them. Please help….
January 28th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
how to repair or unlocked dell inspiron 4000?
or how to reset it. any schematic diagram, thanks…
January 31st, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Maria,
Test the laptop with an external monitor. Find out if you have the same problem with images on the external monitor.
If external video is fine and this problem appears only on the laptop screen, the problem could be related to the LCD screen/video cable.
If the same defect appears on both screens, internal and external, this could be a software related problem. Maybe the video driver got corrupted or something else is going on with software. Try reinstalling the video driver and if it doesn’t help, reinstall the operating system. Also, there could be something wrong with the graphics card.
February 3rd, 2008 at 7:01 am
all of a sudden when I turn on my Dell 1150 Inspirion, I get a black screen that says decreased available memory,push F1. I use computers but have no idea how to reset bios, or remove sticks..or whatever else..hahahhaha….can anyone explain to me like I’m 5 what I need to do. The computer just hangs too. When I go into system, it says cache memory 128..and the other memory 128…I have 512. Opened up the back and stared at it….didn’t fix the problem..hahaha
February 6th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
I have an Inspiron 3800. the red cursor button in the center of the keyboard and also the cursor pads do not function. I bought this computer new a few years ago, and it has never worked.
Suggestions?
February 6th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Wendell,
It’s possible that both pointing devices are disabled and you have to simply enable them.
Check the BIOS settings, it’s possible that you can enable/disable internal pointing devices in there. Also, check settings for the touchpad in the control panel. Make sure both devices are enabled.
February 7th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
i have a dell latitude c600, its about the lan it is recognized by the system, but it always disconnected
February 14th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Thank you for providing this resource.
February 17th, 2008 at 10:46 am
I have a Dell Inspiron 500m, the problem is that it wont charge or power any more. I tried another ac adapter but the same problem occurs.
I have taken it apart and had a good look at the power socket on the mobo and it seems fine. Any help would be great.
February 17th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I’m looking for the pinouts to the CLD screen on a Dell Inspiron 5000, if anyone has any info it would be greatly appreciated. Thx in adv.
February 18th, 2008 at 11:46 am
You can find these manuals with exploded diagrams on EBay, well worth the price, I just refurbished an Inspiron 4150 (swapped out mainboard), this manual was a huge help.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:23 am
Sam,
Why would you pay for something you can download for free? Dell Inspiron 4150 manual is available for download from the Dell website. The manual has step-by-step laptop disassembly instructions and you don’t have to pay anything.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:53 am
Robbie,
In order to start any laptop with video you have to have good motherboard, CPU and memory. First, try replacing the memory module with another working stick. If the laptop is still dead, most likely you have a problem with the motherboard. CPU failures are not common.
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:20 pm
I have an old Dell Inspiron 2600 and want to use the LCD like a PC Monitor, and I need the pinout of this lcd.
Thanks in advance.
Sorry for my English.
March 4th, 2008 at 2:44 am
Many thanks for the reply CJ. I think I’m just gonna get rid of the laptop. Is it worth selling for spares?
March 6th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Robbie,
Why not? Either you get something from this laptop or through it away. You can least the whole laptop or separate parts here: http://www.anynotebookpart.com
It’s free.
March 9th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
SOS
tHE SCREEN OF My Dell LAPTOP WITH wIN 98 fLICKER heavly after I connected it on a data show. It however do not flicker on that data show
March 10th, 2008 at 3:46 am
Hello, i was wondering, how would i go about, trying to replace a keyboard in a Dell Inspiron E1705!!!!!!
March 12th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Curtis Daley,
I think I mentioned it in my post. You can get disassembly instructions from the Dell website, all you need is the service manual. OK, here’s the link to instructions for replacing the keyboard.
March 14th, 2008 at 11:10 am
How do I replace the CMOS battery in my Delll 5000 laptop?
I’ll need disassembly diagrams on how locate the battery and precautions in doing this.
I remain hopeful
March 15th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
T.DeFilippis,
Here are disassembly diagrams for a Dell Inspiron 5000 series laptops.
The CMOS battery is connected to the motherboard. In order to find the CMOS battery you’ll have to take apart the laptop.
March 17th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I have a Inspiron 710m and the speaker wires somehow broke. I fixed it, but only a temporary fix. Where can I get speaker wire for this and can I pull out the speaker and open it up to replace the wire?
Thanks
March 24th, 2008 at 2:58 am
I bought DELL espiron 4000 laptop. i opened and it gave me a white screen with a message stating that, #FHHFY01-595B system being broked with an authentication password.
i tried to removing the battery, removing RAM then flash the mother board, i tried to removing the processor then flash mother but till nothing has worked out.
Please guys if they is any one who can assist i will be very greatful.
March 24th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
dell inspiron 1100 laptop password forget please help
March 26th, 2008 at 5:05 am
when i on my Dell Inspiron 8600 power is on but thedisply is not hare please tip what happend? vga or disply problums or any other reason help me.
March 26th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron 9400, 22 months old. It only runs in Safe Mode because Windows shut it down due to the following problem.
Error message: -
Extended Test – Service Tag FBDZ2BX
Error Code 5300:0119
Msg. Detected a failure which writing and reading video memory. Video Mode 4h(320×2004) ADDRESS B8044h, expected to read FFFFFFFFh bu read FFFFFFEFh instead, The given error code and message can be used by Dell Tech Support to help diagnose the problem.
I thought the problem may have been caused by an application i recently downloaded, Freevideo converter YouTube to Ipod that i have since removed.
Dell Hong Kong unwilling to help, keep on passing the buck – Support ask me to contact Sales, when i don’t know what the real problem is. HK Dell Support is all about $$$ first.
Please tell me what is involved with the repair, do I have to replace the motherboard? Thank you in advance.
April 8th, 2008 at 7:37 am
I am interested in up grading my hard drive from 60 g’s to 120 g’s
April 9th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
ken, low,
If your laptop can handle 60GB hard drive, then you shouldn’t have any problem upgrading it to 120GB.
April 21st, 2008 at 10:44 am
I have a problem at my laptop Dell Inspiron B120,it takes more than 10minutes to boot and after three minutes it hang,you cant do anything what could be a problem
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:50 am
ABUU,
Can be bad hard drive. Run diagnostic test on the hard drive.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
In regards to Jon’s c640 hinge problem. Yes they can be tightened. Lay the screen back all the way (should do this on its own) and remove the screen bezel and the hinge covers. You’ll see where the pintle part of the hinge (the thinner bit with the two rivets through one end) goes through a thicker black collar. Grab the collar carefully with a set of side cutters and squeeze. You will need to do this a couple of times along the collar, being careful not to damage any surrounding structure. The left hand hinge has the LCD connection ribbon so DON’T squeeze the ribbon!!!
Try the hinge movement between squeezes and you’ll get some idea of how you’re progressing. It’s a bit of a hammer and anvil fix but it works if you don’t go nuts and cut the hinge off.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
I have a dell inspirion 2200 that the inverter needs replaced. I was wondering if it was hard to do and it is worth taking somewhere to have it done. thanks!
May 12th, 2008 at 3:53 am
i need dell insprion 700m laptop driver
May 18th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Hi Thomas,
Have you got any help on that (“Hard-disk #*********-595B”) ? I am facing the same problem…
Tks,
Sergio.
May 18th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Dear Pals,
I mistakingly placed a bios password on one of my office mates dell latitude d600 laptops and have failed to get it removed. The same password I used earlier no longer works.
Please tell me what to do. I am unable to pay because of where I live. I live in Monrovia, Liberia and there is no credit card system here yet.
I await your generous response,
Best regards,
Mathew
May 25th, 2008 at 1:43 am
hi
can u help on how to fix my latitude C600 dell laptop on a fatal error. i dn’t know how to fix it and i know u can help me about this problem. plss help me..
May 31st, 2008 at 9:33 pm
I have a Dell Latitude D610 laptop and I need a bios password service tag FCKYX91
June 6th, 2008 at 7:57 am
I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop that’s about 5 years old. Recently, it has been having two problems: it shuts down at random times when I’m on the internet, and it registers that the ‘alt’ key is permanently depressed when I’m using MS Office or the internet. Whenever I try to type something, it will display whatever letter I’ve pressed as the alt function. When I type “r,” I get the “Run” box. For “u,” Windows Utility. For “l,” I get logged out of my user account.
With the internet, I don’t know if it’s because the sites have high graphics content or what. I think that the laptop gets overheated, even when I don’t use my computer for a few days.
I talked with a tech support guy from Dell Chat, and he indicated that I need to clean the computer out first, and then think about replacing the keyboard, the motherboard, and/or adding more memory.
I know very little about the technical aspects of computers, so any help you can give would be most appreciated. Thanks!
June 6th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Gwen,
Check out this article about cleaning Dell Inspiron 1100, 5100 and 5150 series laptops. It explains how you can take it apart for the keyboard replacement and for the cooling fan cleaning.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:59 am
i need a spare battery for my laptop can you be of help to me.
Thanks so much
Barbara
June 16th, 2008 at 7:45 am
I have a Dell latitude c 800 laptop that’s about 5 years old. Recently, it has been having two problems
1. not working sound card (i don`t have driver cd)
2. not working vga card
pls slove my problem…
regards,
sheikh
June 18th, 2008 at 6:17 am
I have a Dell Latitude D510 which can not be directly powered by its adapter neither can its battery be charged. The only way to currently used to have this laptop powered is to charge the battery through another laptop
June 18th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Ken,
I think your problem can be related to the power jack – the socket in witch you plug the power adapter. If the power jack is broken, the motherboard will not get power from the adapter and will not charge the battery. If that’s the case, you’ll have to disassemble the laptop and take a closer look at the power jack. If the jack is broken or not making good connection with the motherboard, you’ll have to resolder or replace the jack.
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
I have a inspiron 8100, and when I power on the computer , it starts with a blinking cursor and then the DELL screen and after hitting the F2 for the setup, I still get the blinking cursor.
Please help.
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Lila,
What if you remove the hard drive and try entering the BIOS setup after that? Can you enter the setup menu with the hard drive removed?
June 25th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Does any one have a MB out of an Inspiron XPS (Gen 1) that can look at a transistor and tell me the numbers on it? It is marked as PQ4 in white lettering and is located on the RAM (bottom side of the board, about 1 inch in from the back of the large USB port.
June 26th, 2008 at 2:08 am
cj2600,
Unfortunately with the hard drive removed, I still cannot access to the setup. I only get 2 messages
hard drive not found which is normal and
fixed optical drive not found even if it is still in place.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:01 am
I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 which can not be directly powered by its adapter nor the battery is charging. the adapter had bare wires and i believe they could of touched each other and probably caused a short. At first i thought the adapter went bad so i bought a new one and the battery is still not charging nor the computer is running off of the adapter.The only way to currently use this laptop is to charge the battery through another laptop. I also checked the new adapter on another laptop and it is working fine. I am wondering if i could of burnt a fuse / regulator that i can change out. any help is appreciated.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:07 am
how do i connect a dell inspiron 8000 to my tv using s-video lead going into my scart on my tv
July 11th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
What are the chances that it is the inverter that caused my dell b130 screen to go dark ? The laptop is about 4 years old. Where do I find instructions to take the inverter out of the screen ?
July 13th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Nabil,
Maybe the DC power jack is broken or loose and has to be replaced or resoldered? It’s necessary to remove the motherboard and take a closer look at the power jack. This guide will be helpful. DC power jack repair guide. Do-it-yourself instructions.
July 13th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Elie,
If your LCD screen is dark but you still can see a very dim image, replacing the inverter board can help.
You’ll find display disassembly instructions for Dell Inspiron B130 in this service manual.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:40 am
My dell inspiron 600m laptop is not turning on after i accidently dropped it on the floor. Everytime I hit the power button, the fans and lights go on, but then it shuts off within about three seconds.and nothing appear on the screen..just blank..
What’s going on? I wouldn’t mind losing all the data on it but I’d rather not. Is there anything I can do, or am I going to have to take it into a computer repair shop?
July 17th, 2008 at 2:46 am
sorry,the fan is not spinning,only the lights go on.
July 20th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
zidane10,
It’s necessary to disassemble the laptop and check all connections inside. Reseat all cables and internal parts.
First, try reconnecting parts you can access without disassembling the laptop. Reconnect memory, hard drive, DVD drive, etc…
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:49 am
my dell d510 seems to have a power problem, wen i press power button, d light indicates for a few secons then goes off. no power is suplied to d motherboard as the fan doesnt rotate. have tried replacing the power card wit another and stil the same thing..hav alo tried removing all aditional coonections to d board including the hard drive to check if it is an overload problem but no good. im thinking d mobo is bad..i there a way of repairng this or does it mean i have to change my mobo..any suggesations?
thanks..Hinky
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:13 pm
HINKY,
That sounds like a problem with the motherboard. Sorry, I cannot advice you how to fix it, I don’t repair motherboards on the component level. I guess you’ll have to replace it or find a repair shop offering component level repairs.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:32 am
I have a problem with my mom’s Inspiron 8100 – when I try to turn it on it just sits at the Blue Dell spash screen indefinitely. F2, F12, Del, don’t seem to do anything to let me into the BIOS setup.
This seems to persist whether or not the hard drive is in place.
The hard drive “activity” light goes on, solid, for a few seconds then turns off, the computer sitting there indefinitely. I don’t hear any beeps to indicate a POST.
I had it sitting off to the side for some time now, last time I tried to boot it up the blue splash screen took up the entire monitor space as normal, now for some reason, it’s shrunk, taking up only a smaller square worth of the screen’s space.
Thanks for any advice to point me in the right direction, I’m not sure what it could be!
July 26th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Mike,
I had the same problem that you had, I think that’s a problem with the ATI video card that came with the laptop, I have an inspiron 8200 and I had to change the video card, don’t get the ATI one, get the nvidia geforce 440 go, and if this video card doesn’t work with the LCD, pulg to an external monitor and perform a firmware update, restart it, and that’s it, you’ll have your computer back. I don’t know if the nvidia is compatiblo with your computer model, you have to check that
August 7th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Hi there, thank you for your recommendations in this page……I have a laptop is a dell inspiron 8600, when I turn it on the screen at the beginning seems to work ok but after, it goes off, then comeback again and when you are about to login the screen goes off again and don’t comeback. The lights on the right side (the green ones close to the screen) starts flashing very slow like going on and off.
Thank you so much in advance for your response and for all your help, I really appreciate it. God bless you
August 12th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
my Dell inspiron 6000 does not come on after a long charging.
it went off by itself, LED comes on and off when switching it on.
August 13th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
8100 user,
First of all, try reconnecting the memory module. If you have only one RAM module, try moving it to the empty slot. If you have two RAM modules, try removing them one by one. Test the laptop with each RAM module installed into different slots. It’s possible this just a memory problem.
Try minimizing the laptop as much as you can. Remove battery, hard drive, DVD drive, wireless card, etc… maybe even disconnect the LCD screen video cable from the motherboard and connect and external monitor instead. Turn on the laptop. If the laptop still fails the same way and the hard drive “activity” light still goes on, solid, for a few seconds then turns off, most likely you have a problem with the motherboard.
August 13th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
J.Smith,
Not sure if it’s going to help but.
Unplug the AC adapter, remove the battery, press on the power button and keep it pressed down for a few seconds. Now plug in the power adapter and try again. Sometimes it helps.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:41 am
I have a dell inspiron 700m and cannot connect my external monitor to it. I’ve check the properties but only one screen shows up. If you know what I can do. Please email me.
Thanks,
Jesse
August 25th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Jesse Vang,
1. Connect the external monitor, load XP and then try using Fn+F8 keys. Hold down Fn and press F8, it should switch video from internal to external.
2. Boot your laptop to the desktop and then go to the display properties. Enable the second monitor in there.
August 27th, 2008 at 4:42 am
i am experiencing a problem and i am not being able to fix it yet.
i am unable to install VGA driver for my DELL LATITUDE C540.
pls need assistance,,,,,,
aamirkhan_84@hotmail.com
September 5th, 2008 at 12:50 am
Hi,
Since I bought my laptop from DELL, I am facing a lot of intermittent problem
The reason I bought from Funan center because I thought we order to make can be of better quality but it is worse.
I wrote many emails about this issue but no one cares.
I bring the laptop to Funan, the salesman just did not bother to help me and said service center.
Hello, this is a thousand over dollars item, please help asap
September 8th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I have removed a broken power jack on a dell inspiron 600m and the copper sleave came off on the + pin. any way to jumper this connection or repair the sleeve?
September 9th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
tom,
1.You can solder the + pin to the trace on the top. After that connect the trace on the top with the trace on the bottom with a thin wire.
2. You can widen the whole for the + pin with an awl. After that insert a thin copper wire inside the whole and solder it to the bottom side of the motherboard. Finally, install the power jack and solder it to the copper wire witch is already installed in the whole.
September 18th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
I would like download sound driver for Dell Latitude 100L
September 21st, 2008 at 2:24 am
Due to a hacker taking out all my files and corrupting my system i cannot load the system. Nothing comes on the screen from boot up apart from a small dash on the screen.Have tried Control and F11 to go to safe mode but nothing happens.
Would like to start from scratch,has anyone got a driver utility disc for a Dell Latitude C610 please.
Regards
September 23rd, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Can anyone tell me how to replace a backlight on a Dell inspirion lap top?
September 27th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
My Dell Inspiron 9100 laptop would not boot after I cleaned its fans. It would come on for about 5 seconds, just the three num lock/caps lock/etc lights, very quiet, then shut off. I tried re-reseating everything but it wouldn’t work, and lots of Google searches seemed to indicate a motherboard problem. My husband looked at the laptop and realized that that when I removed the microprocessor thermal cooling assembly, that the CPU’s thermal grease had become so hard that the CPU was actually yanked out of the socket by the cooling assembly. So when I put the assembly back in, the CPU wasn’t locked in place, and the lock mechanism couldn’t be reached (or seen) because the assembly was blocking it. My husband carefully pried the CPU off the assembly, cleaned the old grease, put the CPU back on the motherboard and locked it, put grease on the CPU, and put the assembly back in. We reassembled the rest of the laptop, and presto, it works fine again! I haven’t seen this solution anywhere in my Googling, so I hope it helps someone else.
September 27th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
I took my Dell Inspiron 9100 apart because of overheating, cleaned all three fans, reassembled it…and pffft. Three lights would come on (num lock, cap lock, etc.) for five seconds, but the laptop was very quiet, and then it would shut itself off. I couldn’t figure out what had happened, so I asked my husband for help, and he realized that when I removed the microprocessor thermal cooling assembly, that the CPU’s thermal grease had become so hard that the CPU was actually yanked out of the socket by the cooling assembly. So when I put the assembly back in, the CPU wasn’t locked in place, and the lock mechanism couldn’t be reached (or seen) because the assembly was blocking it. My husband carefully pried the CPU off the assembly, cleaned the old grease, put the CPU back on the motherboard and locked it, put grease on the CPU, and put the assembly back in. We reassembled the rest of the laptop, and presto, it works fine again!
September 27th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Russell Rhodes,
Are you asking about the backlight lamp (CCFL) witch is located inside the LCD screen? Take a look at this guide:
How to replace laptop backlight lamp (CCFL).
October 1st, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Am having a problem with my dell laptop D600. The problem is that the machine can’t boot but can light the power LED’s upon pressing the power button for a short time and go off.Please advice.
October 7th, 2008 at 6:41 am
The charging/AC power light on my Dell XPS m1710 has gone out. When I plug the power unit into the laptop, I don’t see the battery charging light on. When I power up the laptop, I still don’t see the light. However, in windows, my battery is noted as being charged and the computer being powered by AC unit.
So simply put: What is wrong with my AC light on the laptop? I need this fixed as I plan on selling the laptop.
Cheers.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
i have a dell inspiron b130, and for the third time my cd/dvd drive has stopped working, i was wondering if i can replace it with any brand as long as the dimensions match or does it have to be dell brand? i don’t really want to go through dell again seeing as this is the third maybe even the fourth time this has happened…
October 8th, 2008 at 5:27 am
i have a dell inspiron 2600, when i power it up it only shows a blue dell logo then it won’t boot. please help solve this problem.
October 11th, 2008 at 2:03 am
Hi,
i am having dell insipron 510m model. my laptop’s hard disk was corrupted so i am trying to install seagate 120 gb into this. it is showing into the bios menu. but when i put the cd (OS boot cd) into this it did not pick up and saying
“boot device not found press f1 to continue and f2 for setup”.
i have tried so many thing but all in vain…
please help me how to install OS on new installed hard disk.
please help me as soon as possible i will be very thankful to you,
you can even email me on my id bittusidhu@gmail.com
thanks very much…
October 12th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
tej,
Try this. Press F12 as soon as Dell logo appears on the screen. Select CD/DVD drive from the boot device menu and press enter. Can you boot from the OS CD now?
October 20th, 2008 at 6:02 am
The dell user manual has no info on replacing the cd dvd drive.
Is there any help anywhere?
October 25th, 2008 at 10:25 am
how can i obtain a dell inspiron 1501 owners manual?
October 28th, 2008 at 10:11 am
I have a dell Inspiron B120 It plays my cd’s but not my Dvd’s What do I have to do to get it fixed?
October 29th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Some of the keys (on the bottom two rows) on my Dell Inspiron 1300 stick….How do i remove these keys?…What should i do?
November 12th, 2008 at 6:30 am
i have inserted a password by mistake to bios of my laptop. now i forgot it and i want to remove that password what is the process to remove the password of my laptop.The laptop service tag is 2m2jf91
November 24th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Hello Dell
I have a dell inspiron 8100 my daughter turned the main switch of and the laptop now wont let me in. I followed the instructions that the laptop told me to do like turn it of press f8 and select safe mode but when I do this a blue screen with writing saying that the laptop has shut down to protect my files and things. It would be lovely if you could help me to get into my laptop as I have alot of things I need to get at. Please please help me thanking you so much
November 27th, 2008 at 10:49 am
i need a manual on “how to take a dell insprison 5000 apart and change the CMCS battery on it”
thank you.
November 28th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
hey i got a dell xps m140 and when i turn off the computer it doesn’t turn back on i have to take the screen bezel off and then take the screw holding in the screen then unhook the LCD cable from the back light inverter bar then start it up which sometimes take 10 tries for it to work. then hook the cable up again and put the screen screw in the screws. then pop on the bezel and then screw in the screws.
And also the batter light stays orange like the battery is dying
And to charge the battery up i got to do the above steps turn it then plug the charger in
does anybody have any suggestons
December 10th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
i have a dell latitude 100l with windows xp and i have been trying to get the wireless internet to work for me for weeks and every single thing i have tried failed even with a strong internet connection. what can i possibly do to get the wireless internet working on my laptop?
December 17th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Thanks for the service manuals – here is my blog of a repair of a D800 that had a bad display inverter.
http://rebootdaily.blogspot.co.....splay.html
December 26th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
I have a Dell inspirion B120.
As soon as it starts it gets this staticy-type effect.
As soon as i shake it it go back to normal.
Then back Static.
And also I forgot my password any suggestions?
January 2nd, 2009 at 7:48 pm
*Thank you*, Miss K! I ran into *exactly* the problem you did (although I did realize there was a MicroProcessor stuck to the bottom of the thermal cooling assembly). Your post gave me the courage to (carefully!) pry the uP off the cooling assembly, and now my 9100 is back humming along!
Take care.
January 11th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
My home laptop is breakdown, totally cannot on.
How do i go about to get it repair ?
I think it have virus in it.
Hope to hear your reply as soon as possible.
January 16th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
i hab a dell inspiron 1300 and it asks me for a password every
time i tun it on my service tag is 53ycxb1 thank you.
January 19th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Could someone tell me how to take the keys of a dell inspiron d600 to clean under them thanks
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Thank you very much for your excellent instructions about screen assembling. I have have done similar procedure, I can see orange light wiht lots of vertical lines in the screen but not the expected screen.
Thanks again for helping us.
Robiee
January 26th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
My laptop, Dell Inspiron B120 has a shattered display. It was accidently stepped on and now I can not use it for any purpose. Does anyone have a screen availabe for sell or any tips as to what I can do to put it to use. Thanks.
January 26th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
David,
You cannot fix the screen if it’s broken but you can buy a new screen for Dell Inspiron B120 here for less than $70. I think that’s a really good price for a new screen. Any laptop repair shop will quote you at least $150 for the screen plus $100 in labor.
January 31st, 2009 at 3:49 am
Hello
anyone can tel me where the inverter is placed in a Dell Inspiron 2600
thanks
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:38 pm
frans van Maurik,
In a Dell Inspiron 2600 the inverter board is located inside the display panel, below the LCD screen. You’ll see the inverter as soon as you remove the screen bezel.
Take a look at this laptop display diagram.
February 4th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
have an issue with dell d600 I don’t have a battery but i do have a ac adapter, problems is when i disconnect the ac adapter and then plug it back in it takes about a minute before it will power up. Once it has powered up, I can shut down and restart just fine but if i unplug it for even just a second, I have to wait again. Any ideas???
Thanks in advance
February 9th, 2009 at 9:23 am
I have a dell inspiron 3200 and it was working the other day and now my power light keeps flickering on and off. My battery is dead and doesn’t hold a charge so I use my power cord to run it and it still flickers on and off not allowing me to power it up even if I remove the battery. Can anyone help me figure out why it does this and how to fix it? Thanks!
February 10th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Hello,
I have a Dell Latitude D510. When I push the button to start it up, nothing happens. No light no sound. I changed the AC adapter and took out the battery but there is still no result. Does anyone have an idea?
Thanks in advance.
February 12th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Hello, everyone;
My Dell Latitude C640 had some issues regarding my CMOS battery, since I bought it refurbished. Before and after I replaced it, it wouldn’t charge my battery or run on its charger cord. I took it apart and looked at the charger port, and it seemed to be fine. I honestly do not know what to do at this point. Anybody have a clue on what I should do?
Thanks for any help and support to this matter.
February 17th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Restore Dell Inspiron 1000 Back To Factory Settings Without CD
February 28th, 2009 at 9:01 am
my dell latitude D400 has its battery LED flashing constantly with green and amber light when i used it portable. It seems that it cannot be charged completly too. what should i do?
February 28th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Dear Micheal i have just ordered some ram for my dell C540/C640; i hope they are the correct ones , was gettin dizzy for a minute surfin, i would like to know on this model are both the ports underneath the laptopo and similar to other latitude models?
the ram i have ordered is
1GB (2 X 512MB) PC2100 DDR SODIMM 266 Mhz LAPTOP RAM 1 GB DDR266 CL 2.5
February 28th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
David Blow,
In a Dell Latitude C540/C640 both memory slots could be access through the door on the bottom of the laptop as it shown in this instruction.
Looks like you ordered correct modules.
March 1st, 2009 at 12:08 am
I need some help for manual for hp compaq nx9040, how to open casing notebook, thank
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:14 am
ipbal,
You’ll find step-by-step disassembly instructions in the maintenance and service guide, here’s the link (it’s a 2.7MB pdf file).
March 14th, 2009 at 1:34 am
On my dell x300 its says battery not present. I though battery was faulty and bought a new one. Still same problem, has anyone any ideas?
Thanks
Vinny
March 15th, 2009 at 6:51 am
hi
dear
i have laptop reparing center ,
i have need help for reparing of laptop mother board etc dell compaq and other broands .
i have need a diagram of any dell laptop will y help me pl
hopes for replay
March 21st, 2009 at 1:21 pm
I have a dell inspiron 8100 that last week started to have this problem: When turn on it starts to boot up but take 4 to 5 min
toget to window screen then another 5 min to get to login screen
and so on has anyone any ideas?
March 22nd, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I have a Dell E1705 and recently opened the case up out of curiosity (It’s long past warranty and falling apart anyway). I made sure to re-connect everything, but now it will not start up at all. The “power” light will turn on and the hard drive begins to spin for all of five seconds before shutting off, and there is nothing displayed on the screen. It’s worked fine until now; can anyone give me a clue of what might be going wrong?
March 28th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Thanks. Your guide to CD/DVD Drive replacement got me online. WIthout you I would have been delayed by several weeks.
May 4th, 2009 at 6:09 am
I have a dell latitude D510 and it working properly and when battery finished if you want to is unable to chargecan you help me how to fix it? Thanks!
May 21st, 2009 at 4:47 am
thankx for u r help
u have done nice help to most expert user
May 26th, 2009 at 5:41 am
Thanks for your help
June 11th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
I have a dell xp 140 that just lost power recently. I noticed that when you plug in the power adapter, it makes the green light on the adapter go out. Any guesses as to what’s draining the power?
June 17th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Hi…i have a dell inspiron 1150…recently my harddrive crashed and im trying to put in a new one but its just not detecting the new harddrive what do i do
June 19th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Hello, I have a 8600 dell laptop I spilt milk on it. it went all inside will it ever work again,? Cherry
June 19th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Hi, It’s me again Cherry, I havr bad knees awaiting knee replacements july 26th. I loved my laptop, my husband had a bad stroke a few years ago and the laptop passes so much of my time. yeasterday I almost fell and the milk I had in my hand went inside my laptop, it was leaning with the hard drive up and was against my dresser. I was always afraid I would step on it so I set it up. Bad move at least if it would have been flat the milk would have spilt on top. I cried all day, I am so sad. I was always so happy with my laptop, it was old but it worked good. Help?
July 1st, 2009 at 3:31 am
I droopet my dell insperon 1150 laptop and now light does not come on screen still works, can you tell how to replace a backlight or inverter. THANK YOU
July 12th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Hi, I have lost my dell D500 laptop BIOB password service tag is #1YR591S-595B if you kindly help me please.
July 18th, 2009 at 9:33 am
hi
dear
i have laptop reparing center ,
i have need help for reparing of laptop mother board etc dell compaq and other broands .
i have need a diagram of any dell laptop and i have need motherboard power problam soulition will y help me pl
hopes for replay,
July 18th, 2009 at 10:58 am
How I take apart and repaired my Dell Inspiron700m LCD screen . My son close slam. the cover very hard. turn on and only show half screen. Thanks
July 28th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
MY DELL LATITUDE CANNOT STAR.
July 30th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
dear sir,
i have Dell Latitude C640 start on battry but didnot start on ac adapter.please send an slotuion for this problum.waiting for ur replay.
thanking you
best regards
August 7th, 2009 at 6:40 am
my laptop is not working, because its not reading the hard disk…
what can i do???
have i change something in the BIOS or something like that???
im sorry!
but i know what my english is not good…
thank you!
August 8th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
katherine marinez,
What do you mean it’s not reading the hard drive? The hard drive is not detected by the BIOS or the hard drive doesn’t spin at all. Be more specific.
August 10th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I got my grandson a Dell Laptop Inspiron and he was using it and a VIRUS came up and he automatically hit the X box and didn’t put it in the vault that the anti-virus has and kaboom…..now nothing. I called Dell and they want alot of money to completely remove and reinstall the whole system and I have all the software and want to know how to delete everything and reinstall it myself…..
August 19th, 2009 at 11:06 am
hello,
A friend gave me a dell inspiron 2650 it worked fine for a while, when the charger is pluggen in the light is green like the charger is working but the laptop wont power on and no lights light up like it charging. When i press and hold the power on button down it makes a whirring noise and the light blinks green real quick but nothing happens…
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Hello I have a Dell Latitude C510 Laptop. Its running at the speed of 1.8GHZ,RAM is 256MB. when i press the power button light comes for a second nd goes off without laptop coming on.i removed Battey and power with AC adapter directly but stilll have thesame fault. I had to also removed the RAM but still same so pls help me as yesterday when it even came on my chase it shown this error code on screen #M1004 what does that also mean.I tried to install a working Hard disk on it but could not detect it.i need help pls.send me help through my email or forum. lilzo30@yahoo.com
August 26th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Allan Leku,
It’s possible you have a faulty RAM module. Test it with another known good memory. If still not help, most likely it’s bad motherboard.
August 31st, 2009 at 9:29 am
To all,
I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 with an ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 Video Card, Ultra Sharp UXGA LCD screen.
I have finally fixed my laptop’s Video problem. The problem was very similar/same to/as #39 and #132/3 from above. I had what I would call a vertical pixel line (slightly jagged) problem with the screen. Sometimes it was horizontal lines but the lines where not all the way across. It seemed if I went from 32bbp to 16bbp sometimes this would refresh the screen and the problem would go away, but only temporarily. The screen was similar to the pics of #133. I noticed if I put slight flexing pressure on the sides of the laptop I could make the screen problem worse or sometimes better. This is a loose connection problem obviously, but what to fix? I removed the keyboard but left the ribbon cable attached so I could get to the video card and look things over while I had the laptop running. By putting pressure on the main chip on the video card the problem would go away. On top of the main chip there is a cushion on top of it. The underside of the keyboard tray pushes hard up against this cushion and has a copper strip with it to act, I guess, as a heat sink. In time the cushion lost its height and compression to the point where the keyboard tray was no longer pressing hard against it. The PC boards have metal spacers between them. Sometimes these act as a grounding point/connection for them. Having a good ground connection is just as important as a good power connection. It is my belief that because the keyboard tray/frame was no longer applying the same pressure to the video card as in the past, I did not have a firm connection to ground. I added three layers of electrical tape to the top of the cushion on the main chip on the video card and my problem has been fixed.
Hope this helps other people; I am interested to know if it does.
NOTES:
One of my metal risers on the video card came off when I removed it (the video card) to reset it. Earlier on I thought this was the problem and re-soldered it, but that did not fix it. It may have only been one of two problems.
September 1st, 2009 at 8:03 am
After doing more research on this ground, it looks like it’s a ground that is used for reducing/eliminating Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). Many PCB’s have what is called a “Guard Ring”, this is a ground-connected track that is around the outer edge of a PCB and does not carry a return current for the circuit but rather is used to serve as a return for EMI that is radiating out of the PCB.
Some of you may recall seeing EMI on your analog TV screen when a motor is running, like a vacuum cleaner. Well, there can be EMI on digital screens as well, but manufacturers usually do a good job of keeping this interference out.
September 1st, 2009 at 8:35 am
Here is a link to two pictures I took of my screen problem before fixing it.
http://img140.imageshack.us/i/dellscreen024.jpg/
http://img188.imageshack.us/i/dellscreen025.jpg/
September 1st, 2009 at 8:58 am
Steve,
Thank you for your comments. I’m sure it will help a lot of people. I don’t want your comment to be buried with other comments, so I republished it here.
September 6th, 2009 at 4:15 am
I have a Dell Latitude C640 Laptop. It is woking on Power Adapter(charger) but not charge the battery, Ii have check its battery it is ok, i also check its power adapter which is also ok. what is the problem. why laptop not charge its battery?
September 12th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
im thinking abt buying an used 2007/ inspiron e1705 laptop its still in excellent conditions but the manuals/ instructions and other information the person couldnt find cuz he cant remember where he putted the necessary info about the laptop that i needed to know
im wondering how much is the 2007 worthy now in 2009? he even cant remember the features… memory problem, oh please?
pls advice
September 15th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. Been working fine for years then all of a sudden im having an issue starting. Now when i hit the start button, the power indicator,caps lock and # lock all turn green and the fan comes on but this only lasts for 2-3 seconds and then the computer turns off. The hard drive indicator light does not turn green. I have found that when i put upward pressure on the bottom of the laptop and hold that pressure, i can get the hard drive indicator to turn green and consiquently it loads. Once i release pressure the hard drive light is no longer green and that puts the brakes on the loading process.
Troubleshooting already attempted:
-Reseated memory sticks and alternated them into diff slots
-Disipated static by pulling out AC and battery and held down start button for 30 sec.
-Took apart laptop down to motherboard and 1)cleaned fan and heatsink 2)checked DC adapter for bad soder areas 3)checked for loose connections/bad soder areas on MOBO
-Tried starting without various components installed(battery,optic drive, etc)
-Tried numerous outlets
-Switched out AC adapters
I haven’t bought new memory sticks or hard drive yet because i am able to start it with applying the pressure to the bottom of laptop. Although, each time i do that it gets harder and harder to start it that way. I absolutely refuse to buy a new MOBO so i’m hoping that it’s a less expensive fix.
Any comments/ideas/opinions on what to do now? Should i re-do a step? Did i miss anything? I am only a grasshopper…is there a teacher out there who can help?..LOL
September 17th, 2009 at 6:55 am
I need to install a new video card for my C810 Dell. How do I do this
September 20th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
James Stahlaman,
Do you know if your laptop has a discrete video card? In most laptops the video card is integrated into the motherboard and cannot be removed and replaced separately.
If you have a discrete video card, you should be able to follow instructions in the Dell service manual.
September 20th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
AL,
Unfortunately, your description sounds like a problem with the motherboard. Apparently there is a bad solder joint somewhere on the board and when you apply pressure on the bottom, you “fix” it temporarily. I think you’ll have to replace the motherboard.
September 20th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
drew,
Search for “Inspiron e1705 laptop” on eBay and you’ll get the idea.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:39 am
” I think you’ll have to replace the motherboard.”
cj2600 it may be a faulty connector, try reseating the HDD. If it is a bad solder joint or a hairline crack in a track a trick i used to use was open the machine and get the room dark. Then press the board in the place where you think the problem lies\. if you are lucky you may see a spark where the break is, then you can bridge it with a piece of wire. Only works where there is a good current flowing, and watch out for any areas of high voltage.
October 9th, 2009 at 8:02 am
im using dell inspiron 500m. the problem is Window not appears as usual and the fan seems malfunction..
help me to solve this problem..