Dell Inspiron 1000 - screen won't come on

[btjohnson911]

I have a 2 1/2 yr old Dell Inspiron 1000. The battery is kaput and has been for a long time. always run off a power cord. now the laptop will not boot up (?). there are small green LED lights...two on the front, 4 in the back. they do come on when i turn on the power switch...at least some of them. I heard the hard drive spinning and the fan coming on...just like it would boot up normally, but then nothing. everything stops....then screen never comes on and its sits there...with a couple LED lights on, but nothing. like its in stand-by. This happened to me a year ago and i found a forum somewhere where everyone was having the same problem. they took the computer apart, removed something, then put it all back together and it worked. i just can't remember where i saw it at or what forum. this seems to be a fairly common problem with the Dells. If anyone can help me out here, i'd appreciate it. i just bought a new laptop and the same day the Dell crapped out before i could transfer all my information to my new laptop.

Thanks in advance.

Brian

 

[Tedster]

your battery is probably completely dead. Some laptops will not boot with a dead battery but will boot with a battery that still holds a trickle charge.

replace the battery and see what happens. Also post in the correct forum next time (mobile computing.)

 

[bmadams]

same problem, same name

Brian, did you get an answer to this problem? I have the exact same problem, and the same name as you...Thanks, Brian

 

[btjohnson911]

reply to Brian

Hi Brian, I am the original poster. i did have this problem a year ago as well and found a solution to it on a bulletin board, i just couldnt find it again. i did fix it again this time... what i did was take the battery and harddrive out. them put them both back in and restarted the computer. i remember a year ago the solution was wacky and just involved removing some things then putting them back in. dont know why it works, but it does.

anyway...see if that helps. . if not, its probably not the same problem as i'm having.

brian