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dell inspiron 9100 boot problem

post #1 of 3
4/12/08 at 12:18pm
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hi,

I have a dell inspiron 9100 laptop. Last night my laptop was working perfectly. However when i tried to turn it on this morning, the only thing that happened when i pressed the power button on the laptop to turn it on, is the three green lights on the dash of the laptop came on and 2 seconds later turned off again.

There was no noise from the fans/hard disk, etc. Just lights on, lights off.

Can anyone please help me on this issue as i am in no-mans land with this problem.

Cheers.

Dan.
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post #2 of 3
4/16/08 at 10:58am
battery off, ac off, power button down for 30-40 secs to rid statics (if present) - try again and see

cheers ...
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post #3 of 3
7/25/11 at 7:01pm

Inspiron 9100 Duo-  Boot problems (try to find Dell Inspiron XPS and Inspiron 9100 Service Manual).  I have image of the machine apart.  My stop booting doing exactly what is described here.  Light flash and nothing happens.

 

In its wisdom and knowing the extreme heat of processor added to the machine, Dell buried the CPU as deep as possible. If the machine has been used extensively specially for gaming, the processor heat sink and heat paste are not doing their job.  

1) It takes hours to get to the CPU, unless you have removed the case a few times (label all screws or put them back as you take them off).

2) If you pull the heat sink assembly without loosing the CPU lock, and as in my case the paste was solid (gluing the CPU to the heat sink), the pins will be bent and the machine won't boot either (this took three hours to fix).

3) Use fine steel wool and clean metal surfaces of where the paste was dry.  Replace paste and work backwards.  

4) Make sure that all cables/ribbons are set/reset, same for HD, (BATTERY!) and RAM.

 

It should start.  Good luck. 

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