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srooms27
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srooms27 asked in Computers & InternetHardwareLaptops & Notebooks · 1 decade ago

Inspirion 1525 will not boot?

I am working on a laptop a friend brought over. Apparently while it was still powered on someone tripped over the power cord and it came crashing to the ground and now it will not boot.

There is no structural damage at all. When I hit the power button the screen stays black and the "media buttons" kinda scroll through the lights if that makes any sense and then the power button stays on for about 5 seconds then turns off. I hear the CDROM for a short bit and then it just turns off. There are no POST codes or nothing, no Dell splash screen...

I have swapped the RAM ports, tested each ram module. Tested with known good memory and that did not help. disconnected and reconnected LCD cabling, processor and check cabling I can see before diving in any further.

I am an IT tech but what is horrible I have no parts to swap out with this laptop and it is out of warranty. If I had good compontenets to test with it would be a ton easier and Dell will not chat woth me since it is out of warranty.

any ideas on where to go next? Has anyone seen this before?

Thanks,

Rich

Update:

I don't think it is the HDD only for the fact with out the HDD in the Dell Splash screen should come up. It would just say "No Device O found." or something like that.

But it does not and I cannot get into the Bios at all.

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  • Edward Matson
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    Try removing everything, power cord, battery, USBS and hold down the power button for 30 seconds. Then try starting it. If it doesn't work, it could have short circuited something internally and if the first thing didn't work, you should take it into a store to see what they say.

    Good luck!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    odds are the hard drive was damaged

    and being an IT tech then you have enough common sense to look up manuals for it on the dell website

    i bet next time that friend will never have a laptop in a situation where it is possible for someone to trip over the power cord

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