Dell Latitude d810 is a brick.

jwtCoder · 02-10-2009, 08:54 AM

I think the correct term is that it will not POST.

Current Configuration is I am runing Win XP SP2.

Here are the symptoms:

I start up my laptop and I get the BIOS loading screen. I can also hit F2 or F12 and get into the BIOS as needed. But once the BIOS is loaded I get an underscore cursor in the upper left of the screen then nothing. The screen is simply blank.

At fist this occurred intermittantly - mainly when I docked or undocked my PC, but now it occurs all the time.

I have started up the DELL extended test by holding down the Fn key while powering on. With this I get the following message:

Error Code 0F00:0228
IDE Device Failed: Timeut waiting for drive not busy.

I am thinking that either my Mother Board or my IDE controller has dieded.

Any help / suggestions? Where do I go from here? Can I get this fixed quickly?

**TriggerFinger** · 02-10-2009, 10:57 AM

I think you have a bad HDD. Run some diagnostics to test your HDD... like Hitachi Drive Fitness Test (see d/load link on my sig).

02-10-2009, 08:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
jwtCoder Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP SP2	Dell Latitude d810 is a brick. I think the correct term is that it will not POST. Current Configuration is I am runing Win XP SP2. Here are the symptoms: I start up my laptop and I get the BIOS loading screen. I can also hit F2 or F12 and get into the BIOS as needed. But once the BIOS is loaded I get an underscore cursor in the upper left of the screen then nothing. The screen is simply blank. At fist this occurred intermittantly - mainly when I docked or undocked my PC, but now it occurs all the time. I have started up the DELL extended test by holding down the Fn key while powering on. With this I get the following message: Error Code 0F00:0228 IDE Device Failed: Timeut waiting for drive not busy. I am thinking that either my Mother Board or my IDE controller has dieded. Any help / suggestions? Where do I go from here? Can I get this fixed quickly?

02-10-2009, 10:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,853 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Dell Latitude d810 is a brick. I think you have a bad HDD. Run some diagnostics to test your HDD... like Hitachi Drive Fitness Test (see d/load link on my sig). __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE