Laptop will not turn on

trucker247 · 06-27-2008, 06:30 PM

My Dell laptop will not turn on. When I turn it on the three lights come on but cut right back off, if I hold power button down the lights blink off and on. Dell support told me it was the hard drive. I got a hard drive and it still does the same thing. Could it be the motherboard? It was replaced a while back. please help

jvande02 · 06-28-2008, 11:39 AM

How old is your ram? If ram goes bad it could also cause exact same problem.

Steveo2009 · 06-28-2008, 12:04 PM

God I hope my problem isn't my motherboard

**TriggerFinger** · 06-28-2008, 02:35 PM

try reseating your RAM sticks first. if that dont work, replace them with a working RAM module/s. if still does not work, remove the drive (do not remove the RAM).

also remove battery and AC adapter. press power ON for 30secs at least. then attach battery and plug in AC adapter. power ON as normal.

06-27-2008, 06:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
trucker247 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NC Posts: 1 OS: winxp 924R231	Laptop will not turn on My Dell laptop will not turn on. When I turn it on the three lights come on but cut right back off, if I hold power button down the lights blink off and on. Dell support told me it was the hard drive. I got a hard drive and it still does the same thing. Could it be the motherboard? It was replaced a while back. please help

06-28-2008, 11:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
jvande02 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 16 OS: xp,sp3,vista ultimate,vista home premium	Re: Laptop will not turn on How old is your ram? If ram goes bad it could also cause exact same problem.

06-28-2008, 12:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
Steveo2009 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Vista	Re: Laptop will not turn on God I hope my problem isn't my motherboard

06-28-2008, 02:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,853 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Laptop will not turn on try reseating your RAM sticks first. if that dont work, replace them with a working RAM module/s. if still does not work, remove the drive (do not remove the RAM). also remove battery and AC adapter. press power ON for 30secs at least. then attach battery and plug in AC adapter. power ON as normal. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE