Posts by TooMuchFreeTime

Quick question, seen this motherboard on ebay for sale, says unit boots bios. but was just wondering if it can boot to bios does that mean the motherboard is alright and the problem is else where in the unit or could in fact the...

Noticed a funny thing with the laptop today when messing with it, not sure if it will shed any new light on the problem. first off, a quick press of power button results in light coming on for second. then pressing the media centre...

Ok i will have a look for that tread now, must get some thermal gel tomorrow. I wouldn't think that the gel is what is stoping it from starting doh. Not sure what to do with my laptop now, I have no way of testing the board/cpu/gpu to...

Well after opening it up and taking everything out and re-attaching & making sure everything is connected right, The blasted thing still wont start.... Surprised by how dirty it was, with both fans pretty choked up with dirt. Also...

Ya, I'm just hoping it is anything other than the mobo as that costs a fortune to replace. Might as well get new machine at that stage. Just heading down town to get a tool kit to open it up. I'll take everything out of the machine then...

Hey all, Have run into a problem with my long standing Inspiron 9400, we have been through alot over the years, but just yesterday, it refused to start for me. I press the power button and the power and the hard drive light...