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Dell 9300 Laptop Dead - Any Ideas

post #1 of 17
5/25/09 at 11:44pm
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When I power on the green light flickers and it's dead. Any ideas as to what is causing this? Thanks. Lil
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post #2 of 17
5/25/09 at 11:47pm
Welcome to NBF.

Is this 9300 a Dell, HP, Gateway ...? Is it just happening?

cheers ...
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post #3 of 17
5/26/09 at 12:44am
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Dell 9300. Yes, just happened tonight. Thx.
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post #4 of 17
5/26/09 at 1:17am
I would try first removing the battery, ac adapter; then hold down the power button for 30-40secs. Put the ac adapter back and try again, and the battery.

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post #5 of 17
5/26/09 at 1:36am
worst case is that it could be totally dead and at that point its new laptop time but try doing what has been suggested and see what the results are, let us know
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post #6 of 17
5/26/09 at 4:36am
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Thanks we have performed each of the potential fixes but neither has worked. Appreciate your responses. Lil
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post #7 of 17
5/26/09 at 4:58am
Sounds like the CPU might have burned out. =/
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post #8 of 17
5/26/09 at 8:20am
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Originally Posted by Lil2 View Post
When I power on the green light flickers and it's dead. Any ideas as to what is causing this? Thanks. Lil
I encountered this same scenario before where upon powering up, the LED would light up but the laptop wouldn't power on. It turned out to be faulty RAM. It sounds weird but when the engineers took out one of the faulty RAM chips, the laptop powered up.... when it was put back, the problem came back.

I'm not sure if this is the same as what you're encountering but it's worth a try....

Hope this helps...
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post #9 of 17
5/26/09 at 10:27pm
I 2nd this motion from kos. Next try is the ram swapping and reseating.

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post #10 of 17
5/27/09 at 5:38am
This may seem redundant, but I definitely think you should try testing each RAM module independently as others have said.
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post #11 of 17
5/27/09 at 1:29pm
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Thanks for the reminder, we just tested the memory again and independent of each other but still no improvement.
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post #12 of 17
5/27/09 at 1:46pm
Is there any chances to borrow another working ac adapter somewhere?

We just want to eliminate the peripheries (potential) issues.

cheers ...
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post #13 of 17
5/27/09 at 1:56pm
i had the same problem with my dell, it just turned out to be a faulty power cord.
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post #14 of 17
5/27/09 at 4:11pm
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Let's hope it's the power cord, on my way now to try out another same type power cord from a friend. Thanks everyone, will let you know
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post #15 of 17
5/27/09 at 6:44pm
I had a similar problem with my 9300. The power cord had a shortage in it.
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post #16 of 17
6/6/09 at 2:22am
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Received a new power cord today, unfortunately it didn't help. Thanks everyone. Lil
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post #17 of 17
6/6/09 at 10:45am
What about the AC Adapter?

cheers ...
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