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Old 11-30-2008, 09:00 AM   #1 (permalink)
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system halted...contact hardware vendor

Hi all,
i have inspiron6400. It has been giving me problem. My battery is finished so its on the ac only. Once i transferred my laptop from my kitchen to bedroom without turning it off and it gave me a message system halted ...contact vendor. after that its been giving me problem. when i start the laptop there is nothing on the screen ,i can hear processor and i tried putting cd in cs drive ,that was also working and i can hear it, but still there is nothing on the screen. sometimes the system starts normally after moving screen a bit. but its frustrating.
Can anybody tell me what can be the problem.

fyi-i tried removing the battery , ram and hard drive but it didnt help much.
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Old 11-30-2008, 11:19 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: system halted...contact hardware vendor

Best if you can get the screen shot of the message.

Does it happen each time you move the laptop regardless when plugged in or not? I am asking because you said your battery is finished so given that, I am assuming you unplug it when you move it from one room to another which could cause an immediate shutdown as soon as you unplug it from the wall outlet.
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