Posts by blueman2

Any ideas on where to find boot code info for a latitude D510? Did not find what I needed on the Dell site. The PC powers on, all leds flash, then one led flashes 9 times, then the whole thing powers off. Recently upgraded RAM and...

Thanks for the tip. I was probably doing both. I was using an iron with a rheostat at work but since I have no experience with them I did not know what setting to use. I might look out for one on ebay so I can practice on this dead...

Yeah, I found out the hard way. I gave it a shot with tools at work, magnifying glass/light, fine tip soldering iron, microscope for close up look. Didn't work out though. After reassembly, unit powered up nicely - leaping spirits -...

My D510 (1.3 Celeron) started refusing to power up. Long duration, extremely forceful press of power button would generally get it going. I finally took it apart to see what the issue was. When I removed the power button board, the...