[mdlug] Dell Laptop dead??

[R. Kannan]

It powers on for a couple of seconds before it shuts itself down. The same behavior with the power cord or battery powered. So the problem may not be in the connector.

I have tried the remove reseat the CPU as Aaron suggested without any luck. BTW, the last time it was up it froze suddenly and would not boot after that.

Some of the suggestions from googling indicate that the memory might have gone bad. I will try replacing memory.

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mathew Enders <mat.enders at gmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 30, 2009 6:54 AM
>To: "R. Kannan" <rkannan at peoplepc.com>, MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
>Subject: Re: [mdlug] Dell Laptop dead??
>
>R. Kannan wrote:
>> No obvious signs of failure (no leaky capacitors on the MB at least as far I could see). The heat sink looks fine (Not sure what I should be looking for). Could it be a memory issue?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00 at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Sep 24, 2009 8:48 PM
>>> To: "R. Kannan" <rkannan at peoplepc.com>, MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [mdlug] Dell Laptop dead??
>>>
>>> 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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>
>It sounds like it is not charging either the connector has come 
>unconnected inside or the power brick has failed.  More likely the 
>former not the latter.


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