inspiron 1501 booting issues

ddrawknee · 01-14-2009, 10:19 PM

So my friends laptop was running slow with vista, i downgraded to xpsp2 and was installing drivers.. everything working just fine... even had a game of solitaire and surfed the web

i ran the bios update utility downloaded via dells website, and it hung at a dos window forever with no output.. seemed trivial.. no output no damage right? so i closed it out and did a couple other things on the computer

i then attempted to install ati drivers since they were needed and the computer just FROZE... holding the power button down did not shut it off.. i left it alone came back and still couldnt power down the system.. so i unplugged the battery and then the power cord.

when i boot the system i see the cd drive spin up, and the the only notification led that lights up is the circular one for power..

sounds like the bios flash caused some sort of a problem.. where do i go from here?

dai · 01-15-2009, 12:48 AM

reset the cmos

ddrawknee · 01-15-2009, 07:48 AM

i cannot find relevant instruction on how to properly reset the cmos on this motherboard... is it safe to assume most dell mobos have a cmos jumper?

dai · 01-15-2009, 09:31 AM

unfortunately each brand of laptop has the battery where it is easy to fit for their model
some you can see when you lift the panels on the back
others it is under the keyboard
my lenovo you have to remove the ram and short to solder points

ddrawknee · 01-16-2009, 02:21 PM

i took the notebook apart.. i found the large quarter shaped battery and removed it.. is that all that is necessary to properly reset the cmos or is that only part of the solution?

~~Laptoper~~ · 01-16-2009, 03:25 PM

cmos batts are aprox. tad bit larger than your thumb. the lappys main battery should be removed and ac adaptor unpluged before removing the cmos batt.

rbalaji · 01-16-2009, 08:02 PM

In most cases, if a bios flash went bad on a laptop, only a mobo replacement will resolve the problem. Sorry.

dai · 01-16-2009, 09:35 PM

see if the instructions are in here

http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...1/en/index.htm

01-14-2009, 10:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
ddrawknee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3 OS: xpsp2	inspiron 1501 booting issues So my friends laptop was running slow with vista, i downgraded to xpsp2 and was installing drivers.. everything working just fine... even had a game of solitaire and surfed the web i ran the bios update utility downloaded via dells website, and it hung at a dos window forever with no output.. seemed trivial.. no output no damage right? so i closed it out and did a couple other things on the computer i then attempted to install ati drivers since they were needed and the computer just FROZE... holding the power button down did not shut it off.. i left it alone came back and still couldnt power down the system.. so i unplugged the battery and then the power cord. when i boot the system i see the cd drive spin up, and the the only notification led that lights up is the circular one for power.. sounds like the bios flash caused some sort of a problem.. where do i go from here? Last edited by ddrawknee; 01-14-2009 at 10:21 PM.

01-15-2009, 12:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,784 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: inspiron 1501 booting issues reset the cmos __________________

01-15-2009, 07:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
ddrawknee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3 OS: xpsp2	Re: inspiron 1501 booting issues i cannot find relevant instruction on how to properly reset the cmos on this motherboard... is it safe to assume most dell mobos have a cmos jumper?

01-15-2009, 09:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,784 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: inspiron 1501 booting issues unfortunately each brand of laptop has the battery where it is easy to fit for their model some you can see when you lift the panels on the back others it is under the keyboard my lenovo you have to remove the ram and short to solder points __________________

01-16-2009, 02:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
ddrawknee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3 OS: xpsp2	Re: inspiron 1501 booting issues i took the notebook apart.. i found the large quarter shaped battery and removed it.. is that all that is necessary to properly reset the cmos or is that only part of the solution?

01-16-2009, 03:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
~~Laptoper~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 450 OS: Vista 32bit My System	Re: inspiron 1501 booting issues cmos batts are aprox. tad bit larger than your thumb. the lappys main battery should be removed and ac adaptor unpluged before removing the cmos batt.

01-16-2009, 08:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
rbalaji Tech, Microsoft Support Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,193 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: inspiron 1501 booting issues In most cases, if a bios flash went bad on a laptop, only a mobo replacement will resolve the problem. Sorry. __________________ Balaji Ramanathan Computers - You can't live with them, you can't live without them!

01-16-2009, 09:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,784 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: inspiron 1501 booting issues see if the instructions are in here http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...1/en/index.htm __________________