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Inspiron 1100 Computer shuts off when closing screen?

post #1 of 10
3/3/06 at 3:12am
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My friend has a Dell Inspiron 1100 and each time he touches the screen a little it turns off. He then has to hold down the power button for awhile to turn off the computer then turn it on again. He hooked up a monitor to it and when he hit touched the screen the monitor turned off? Whats the diagnosis is this an dold problem?
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post #2 of 10
3/3/06 at 4:57am
Wait so your saying if he plugs in the external monitor to the notebook and then taps on the external screep the video signal just goes out?
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post #3 of 10
3/4/06 at 10:18pm
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When he plugged into and external monitor and touched the laptop screen. The external monitor also went off. so what kind of problem is this.?
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post #4 of 10
3/7/06 at 11:53pm
sounds like something shorts out when he touches the laptop screen
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post #5 of 10
3/8/06 at 2:43pm
considering how old the model is its likely the motherboar dmaking horrible contact with the output devices. My best guess is the Motherboar dneeds to be replaced do you happen to still have warrenty?
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post #6 of 10
3/9/06 at 12:49am
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well its about two years old and many people on campus have computers like it so.
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post #7 of 10
3/9/06 at 1:27am
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also like all problems it seems, this one started days after the warranty went out
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post #8 of 10
3/17/06 at 2:44am
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so nothing?
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post #9 of 10
3/18/06 at 4:29pm
Your really out of luck. The cost of replacing the board could run $100-350 My advice is to look into investing in a new machine altogether. This time around consider longer warrenty its an invest that always pays for itself after 1 year.

Inspiron 1300 , B130 are great models and they run under 500 on baselines.

If you still wanna find out how to fix your i1100 the parts in concern is likely your motherboard so ebays is probabaly one of the outlets you can check. I stress though to never expect perfect condition boards from ebay since most are just pulled from used or old systems.
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post #10 of 10
3/19/06 at 2:34pm
EDIT

Sorry i thought it was when you closed the lid

its the motherboard
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