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msb1981
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1. September 2005 @ 16:45 |
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I have a Dell Latitude CPx and I can't seem to get it to turn on. When I press the power button it comes on for a minute then clicks off a second later. It does the same thing when I try to turn it on using the docking station.
Any ideas where I should start to figure this problem out?
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1. September 2005 @ 21:40 |
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could be your cpu has no heatsink connected to it and is shtting down
could be a flat battery
phone a repairman who advertises no fix no fee and get him to take a look :) hmmmm could be he might fix it :( and charge
try your local pc retailer for advise
i7 3770 12GB ram terrabyte sata drive 1 750Gb sata drive 285GTX graphics Sony dvdwriter same NZXT Nemesis case
Still playing Black Hawk Down why did I upgrade?
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msb1981
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2. September 2005 @ 22:02 |
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Well I tried re-seating the RAM and now it seems to work, but there is a problem. I can get windows to boot up and all, but sometimes when I move the computer it just restarts out of nowhere.
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ddp
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3. September 2005 @ 07:37 |
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take a pencil eraser to the gold contacts of the ram & reseat the ram. is the external power hooked in when trying to move the laptop??
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msb1981
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3. September 2005 @ 08:34 |
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no the external power was not connected
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ddp
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3. September 2005 @ 08:40 |
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is the reset button on the top or the side, also is that button tiny or big??
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msb1981
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4. September 2005 @ 08:13 |
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the power/reset button is at the top left corner of the keyboard. and it's about the size of a dime. why?
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ddp
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4. September 2005 @ 08:40 |
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possible the reset button might be causing the problem. use a wide piece of tape over the button & onto the case to prevent the button from dropping & than resetting on it's own. once that is down than move the laptop screen while holding the rest of the laptop from moving to see if the screen movement is causing the problem.
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msb1981
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6. September 2005 @ 12:51 |
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i tried the pencil eraser on the ram, I got halfway into a windows xp install and it locked up again, I tried to restart and the power button just flashes and it doesn't come on.
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ddp
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6. September 2005 @ 13:36 |
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is the cpu heatsink fan assembly properly seated?? can you try another power supply??
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msb1981
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7. September 2005 @ 21:10 |
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crap, it's the little fan next to the heatsink, it's not comming on anymore. When I used a hairdryer (on cool) and blew into the vents it worked just fine. I have no idea where I'm going to find another fan that small though.
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ddp
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8. September 2005 @ 11:42 |
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on some laptops the fan comes on only when the temp gets to a set point.
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msb1981
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8. September 2005 @ 15:54 |
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well it ran for a few hours when sitting right on front of the air conditioner. and I have never seen that fan work, so I'm pretty sure that's the problem. Now just how to fix it.
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ddp
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8. September 2005 @ 18:47 |
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if air conditioner was on than it kept laptop cool & fan won't come on.
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msb1981
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9. September 2005 @ 05:22 |
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well without being in front of the air conditioner the whole thing freezes after about 5-10 minutes, and the fan never comes on.
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ddp
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9. September 2005 @ 07:20 |
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okay than, points to overheating. call dell to see what a new fan costs & see if they agree with diagnoises.
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