20 Most Recent Dell Inspiron 2200 Notebook - Page 6 Questions & Answers

This model does not
Its Fn and F2 buttons that need to be pressed

Check with your Power Plan or screen saver option, you might have it adjusted to super energy saving to make your battery last longer and have the screen dim, or backlight shut off since you mention it take 1-2 min to boot up ...see if that might help.... If that didn't do the job, I suspect your backlit lighting might be going bad. Let me know what Operating system you are using too. So like I said, check your screen save and if it is set to dim, or shurt off withing a minute or two... set it to something longer to see if that works.

just put inside the format cd...and run ur computer
u itself wilknow how to format it...

If your laptop have no warranty than open your laptop back cover where HDD is connected, make sure your HDD is connected correctly.than turn it on.

hi,

Did you check already the condition of your battery?
Probably you have a defective battery and needed to be change already.

if you have a multi-tester at home, you can check your laptop output and battery output if they have a voltage.

or bring notebook when you buy a battery to try it before buying (some shop allows you to do it).

Hope I helped you.

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rgrds,
John

yes you have monitor out VGA connector just check left side of your laptop you can see 15 pic monitor output , that's VGA connector, you can use them to connect your lcd tv.

Good luck ! if you think your problem solved don't forget to rate

There is generally no reset button on laptops, if your laptop gets stuck, hold down the power button until the machine turns off.

Another options would be to remove the battery and the power adapter. And reinsert them after few seconds.

There should be a button that will turn it on, look on top sides and back it will look like radio signals.

Go to the following link and download your network drivers for your Notebook model. You can download all the drivers that compatible to your Laptop. To download Network Drivers, click on the Network banner and download your Network drivers.

Click here to go to Drivers download Page

1.Insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD drive, and then restart the computer.
2.Click to select any options that are required to start the computer from the CD drive if you are prompted.
3.When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.
4.Press 1 (One) to select windows XP and then hit enter.
5.When you are prompted, type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank, just press ENTER.
6.At the command prompt, Type
compact /U C:\bootmgr
compact /U C:\ntldr

There is no switch you can turn it on through a program of by pressing Fn + F2

Hello friend,

Please visit the weblink below and download the driver:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R155386&SystemID=INSPIRON%202200&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=7039&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=6&catid=5&impid=-1&formatcnt=0&libid=5&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=207280

After installing this driver, connect to your wireless Home network with the security key you might have given while setting up the router.

Good Luck!

It could be a hardware or a software issue

First run a hardware test on the computer, follow the steps

http://findtechhelp12.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-to-run-dell-diagnostics.html

Then if there is any part defective replace it.. Else reinstall the OS to fix the issue

http://findtechhelp12.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-reinstall-os-in-dell-computer.html

Try removing the coin cell battery. Click here.

If you are running Forefront Client Security, you can't install Windows Defender. That protection is already included in Forefront Client Security.

This might be due to internal loose ribbon cable connections. These might just need to be reseated.
As for the cost, it varies depending on who services the device.

If you would like, you can refer to this service manual from Dell & do it yourself, or ask a friend who is familiar with computers to do it:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins2200/en/SM/index.htm

Sounds like either your hard drive is bad or you need to go into your setup by pressing f12 when your screen shows dell when starting up and check your boot order, make sure your hard drive is listed in the boot order, if not your hard drive is fried.. if so , make sure your 1st boot is your hard drive. Also make sure you don't have anything in your cdrom drive or a flash drive in your usb port.

Hope it's just your boot order and not your hard drive!

Disable Automatic Reboot on Error If you are suffering from the BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) or other problems the PC stops due to the stop error and then, in default configuration, automatically reboots.

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Remove dust from the inside. Although the fan may be working it prevented cooling. I recommend trying that first, there's a manual at the dell-page how to open it, and it really needs just a thorough cleaning.

Also have a look at the manual page on cpu cooling on

http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/SYSTEMS/ins2200/en/SM/thermal.htm#1084976

change power management setting in your Dell Inspirion