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. 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 5150 |
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Dell Latitude 100L |
Dell Latitude D500 |
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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 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 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 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 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
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.
September 13th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
have tried all of them things and no luck
thank you for responding
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 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
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.