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axlmed · 10-12-2005, 07:31 PM

hey guys/gals... my gf's dell stopped turning on yesterday. She was using the computer on battery supply and had the low battery message and then put it into hibernation mode. About 30 minutes later she plugged in the power cord and nothing happened. She has been experiencing previous episodes of this before like when she goes into standby or hibernation for a while, she will try to reboot and nothing happens.. so she waits like 30 minutes and tries again and boots right up. I am thinking its the power hardware malfunction with that history. Anyways, things I have noticed is that when i try to turn it on the power LED lights up then the hard disk LED starts flashing for like 1 second and then both lights turn off. The monitor remains off. Also, the battery still has a bit of juice in it, because when i try it without the cord, same results. Another interesting observation is that the LED to show battery /power cord use is never on anymore. Even when everything is shut... that light remains off. Any ideas? All clarification questions will be answered promptly. Thanks again.

axlmed

10-12-2005, 07:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
axlmed Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 76 OS: XP	Dell Inspiron 600m (Power/Battery issue.. will not turn on) hey guys/gals... my gf's dell stopped turning on yesterday. She was using the computer on battery supply and had the low battery message and then put it into hibernation mode. About 30 minutes later she plugged in the power cord and nothing happened. She has been experiencing previous episodes of this before like when she goes into standby or hibernation for a while, she will try to reboot and nothing happens.. so she waits like 30 minutes and tries again and boots right up. I am thinking its the power hardware malfunction with that history. Anyways, things I have noticed is that when i try to turn it on the power LED lights up then the hard disk LED starts flashing for like 1 second and then both lights turn off. The monitor remains off. Also, the battery still has a bit of juice in it, because when i try it without the cord, same results. Another interesting observation is that the LED to show battery /power cord use is never on anymore. Even when everything is shut... that light remains off. Any ideas? All clarification questions will be answered promptly. Thanks again. axlmed