Dell Inspiron 5150 will not start [Moved from XP]

Donbon · 05-28-2008, 03:06 PM

Hi,
I was working on my Dell laptop Inspiron 5150 when if froze. I could not get it to do anything. I had to use the power button to restart the system and all I have now is a blank screen with a blinking cursor in the top left. I am running XP with 750 mem. When I restart the system I get a power on light, a flash of light for the hard drive, that its.
Thanks,
Don

**justpassingby** · 05-29-2008, 07:30 PM

Hi Donbon !

This looks like some hardware problem to me, I'll move you to the laptop support section. Can you see the POST informations at all (the BIOS splash screen or some white text on a black backround) ?

(btw, you didn't answer back in your older thread about your Dell 8100, did you manage to solve the problem ?)

auntiej · 05-30-2008, 08:33 AM

hi, does your Dell have diagnostics on F12? Power on and immediately start pressing the F12 key up and down. If so run the diagnostics. It would help to know if you had installed any new hardware, or had anything happened in the day or so before the freeze?

Donbon · 05-31-2008, 11:22 AM

Hi,
There is nothing, no mouse, keyboard, just the blinking cursor in the top left.
Don

Donbon · 05-31-2008, 11:23 AM

The XP problem is fixed.

**TriggerFinger** · 05-31-2008, 11:29 AM

oh that is good... it would be great if can please share the experience with us.

**justpassingby** · 05-31-2008, 12:05 PM

@ TriggerFinger : I think he's replying to my question about his older thread.

@ Donbon : it's true that it would be great if you could tell us how you fixed it. Reply in that other thread for everything that's related to the 8100. Keep this thread for the 5150.

Abour your laptop, if it doesn't POST then it has to be some hardware problem. Don't know much about troubleshooting laptops' hardware so I'll leave it to the hardware techs, but you may have to bring it back to the shop.

Donbon · 05-31-2008, 08:02 PM

They tell me the motherboard is toast. Does anyone have a used one for 50.00 so I can use this system as a spare?
Thanks,
Don

05-28-2008, 03:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
Donbon Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Victoria, BC Canada Posts: 21 OS: XP SP2	Dell Inspiron 5150 will not start [Moved from XP] Hi, I was working on my Dell laptop Inspiron 5150 when if froze. I could not get it to do anything. I had to use the power button to restart the system and all I have now is a blank screen with a blinking cursor in the top left. I am running XP with 750 mem. When I restart the system I get a power on light, a flash of light for the hard drive, that its. Thanks, Don

05-29-2008, 07:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
justpassingby Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 6,219 OS: XP Home SP3 / Ubuntu My System	Re: Will not start Hi Donbon ! This looks like some hardware problem to me, I'll move you to the laptop support section. Can you see the POST informations at all (the BIOS splash screen or some white text on a black backround) ? (btw, you didn't answer back in your older thread about your Dell 8100, did you manage to solve the problem ?) __________________ Malware removal steps. Post your logs there and not here ! Posting system specs

05-30-2008, 08:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
auntiej Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 270 OS: xp	Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 will not start [Moved from XP] hi, does your Dell have diagnostics on F12? Power on and immediately start pressing the F12 key up and down. If so run the diagnostics. It would help to know if you had installed any new hardware, or had anything happened in the day or so before the freeze?

05-31-2008, 11:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
Donbon Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Victoria, BC Canada Posts: 21 OS: XP SP2	Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 will not start [Moved from XP] Hi, There is nothing, no mouse, keyboard, just the blinking cursor in the top left. Don

05-31-2008, 11:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
Donbon Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Victoria, BC Canada Posts: 21 OS: XP SP2	Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 will not start [Moved from XP] The XP problem is fixed.

05-31-2008, 11:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,851 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 will not start [Moved from XP] oh that is good... it would be great if can please share the experience with us. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

05-31-2008, 12:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
justpassingby Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 6,219 OS: XP Home SP3 / Ubuntu My System	Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 will not start [Moved from XP] @ TriggerFinger : I think he's replying to my question about his older thread. @ Donbon : it's true that it would be great if you could tell us how you fixed it. Reply in that other thread for everything that's related to the 8100. Keep this thread for the 5150. Abour your laptop, if it doesn't POST then it has to be some hardware problem. Don't know much about troubleshooting laptops' hardware so I'll leave it to the hardware techs, but you may have to bring it back to the shop. __________________ Malware removal steps. Post your logs there and not here ! Posting system specs Last edited by justpassingby; 05-31-2008 at 12:07 PM.

05-31-2008, 08:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
Donbon Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Victoria, BC Canada Posts: 21 OS: XP SP2	Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 will not start [Moved from XP] They tell me the motherboard is toast. Does anyone have a used one for 50.00 so I can use this system as a spare? Thanks, Don