[mdlug] Dell Laptop dead??

[R. Kannan]

Actually, it does not even get to through BIOS. It just turns off after 3 seconds without showing anything on the screen.

So live Linux CD is not going to be helpful :-(

-----Original Message-----
>From: Darwin Weyh <dcweyh at gmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 25, 2009 12:02 PM
>To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
>Subject: Re: [mdlug] Dell Laptop dead??
>
>I've run into this a few time and I always see if it will boot from a Linux
>Live CD i.e. Knoppix or Ubuntu.If it does run a Memtest and then just boot
>it up and see how long it stays up.  That will help determine a heat
>problem.
>
>Darwin
>
>On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> R. Kannan wrote:
>> > All,
>> >
>> > My son's Dell Laptop Lattitude D610 seemed to have died.
>> >
>> > Turning on the laptop, briefly turns on the fan and turns
>> > off in 2 seconds. Can this be salvaged.
>>
>> Possibly.
>> 1) What does the heat sink look like?
>> 2) Are there any leaky capacitors on the mother board?
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