Dell XPS M1330

[attar]

Dell XPS M1330 wont start up

Hi all,

I have a dell xps m1330 which was overheating, i opened it and took of the fan and the heat conductor to see if the insulator is ok. after putting everything back, my laptop wont start up again. when i press the power button, i can see the power light, and hear the dvd and the HD for just 5 seconds and it shuts down again. nothing appears on the screen. i tried to turn it on with only the battery, the ac adaptor alone and both together but no luck.

any suggestions please as its my only laptop and i cant afford another one

thanks

 

[mailpup]

You can't remove the heatsink from the CPU without cleaning off the old thermal compound and applying new compound (use sparingly). If you do, it will really overheat now.

 

[attar]

Thanks for the reply,

actually i didnt remove it, i just checked it but i think i broke some of the small bits on the motherboard....

 

[mailpup]

Okay. That wasn't clear to me the first time. Do you know what you broke? I can imagine that, depending on what you broke, it could have affected the operation of the laptop.

Also, was there a lot of dust clogging the heatsink? Were you able to clean it?