Dell XPS M1530 dead? ***RESOLVED!!****
Hi everyone,
I was cleaning a xps M1530 laptop for a friend and it worked fine. I took it all apart and connected just the keyboard ram and lcd. and it would start fine. I put it all back together and plug the power cable in and hit power and the blue led lights for a split second and turns off. In order for me to get the same result I need to unplug the power cable then if I hit power again the blue led light for a split second and shuts off again.
I'm not sure what happened but it worked better when the laptop was disassembled.
This is what ive done so far:
-removed battery
-plug power only
-hold button for 30 sec then plug trick
-removed HDD
-reseated ram
-removed WLAN card
Im running out of ideas.
Anyone?
********************************************************************************UPDATE****************************************************************************************
I took it all apart and started from scratch
I only plugged the lcd and 1 stick of ram button board and it posts fine..
so I start putting components back and after each step I would plug the psu in and see if it would post.
so far so good....
next I put the palmrest back and connect it with all the screws and power on to check.
*NO POST
so i remove all the the screws in the back but I keep the touchpad etc. cables plugged into the board and plug it in and it works..
so i put all the screws back and plug it in and no post.
so okay its definitely "SCREWED UP" (sorry couldn't resist)
next I unscrew just the screw that goes through the cooling assembly near the southbridge and plug it in and it posts fine!
just to make sure I screw the southbridge screw in again and no post.
I took it out and it works fine again. I am just going to leave it out. It is making excellent contact on the southbridge which doesnt get very hot anyways.
maybe this will help others. Most of the time whenever I ask for help on a forum nobody responds by the time someone offers their help I already have the problem solved.
Thanks anyway
Take care.
Hi everyone,
I was cleaning a xps M1530 laptop for a friend and it worked fine. I took it all apart and connected just the keyboard ram and lcd. and it would start fine. I put it all back together and plug the power cable in and hit power and the blue led lights for a split second and turns off. In order for me to get the same result I need to unplug the power cable then if I hit power again the blue led light for a split second and shuts off again.
I'm not sure what happened but it worked better when the laptop was disassembled.
This is what ive done so far:
-removed battery
-plug power only
-hold button for 30 sec then plug trick
-removed HDD
-reseated ram
-removed WLAN card
Im running out of ideas.
Anyone?
********************************************************************************UPDATE****************************************************************************************
I took it all apart and started from scratch
I only plugged the lcd and 1 stick of ram button board and it posts fine..
so I start putting components back and after each step I would plug the psu in and see if it would post.
so far so good....
next I put the palmrest back and connect it with all the screws and power on to check.
*NO POST
so i remove all the the screws in the back but I keep the touchpad etc. cables plugged into the board and plug it in and it works..
so i put all the screws back and plug it in and no post.
so okay its definitely "SCREWED UP" (sorry couldn't resist)
next I unscrew just the screw that goes through the cooling assembly near the southbridge and plug it in and it posts fine!
just to make sure I screw the southbridge screw in again and no post.
I took it out and it works fine again. I am just going to leave it out. It is making excellent contact on the southbridge which doesnt get very hot anyways.
maybe this will help others. Most of the time whenever I ask for help on a forum nobody responds by the time someone offers their help I already have the problem solved.
Thanks anyway
Take care.
