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wolbers · 12-23-2007, 01:47 PM

Hi,

due to repeated overheating of my CPU, I just opened up my Dell SmartStep 250 and removed lots of dust from the cooling fan. I took care not to bend any pins of the microprocessor, but after reassembling everything, the notebook just won't start again. The colling fan does work though, and I can open the dvd drive, but no booting occurs. I have removed and reconnected both memory modules one by one, but that didn't solve the problem. Does anyone out there have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Thomas

12-23-2007, 01:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
wolbers Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2 OS: win xp	Dell Smartstep 250 boot problem Hi, due to repeated overheating of my CPU, I just opened up my Dell SmartStep 250 and removed lots of dust from the cooling fan. I took care not to bend any pins of the microprocessor, but after reassembling everything, the notebook just won't start again. The colling fan does work though, and I can open the dvd drive, but no booting occurs. I have removed and reconnected both memory modules one by one, but that didn't solve the problem. Does anyone out there have any suggestions? Thanks, Thomas