20 Most Recent Dell Inspiron 600M Notebook Questions & Answers

old post and terry does step1 good, battery out. you called it a monitor but is not one, its just the built in screen right? monitors are external. (and fail same way older than 2010) this 600m is now 15 long years old in dog years (laptops are dogs) it's 105 years old, 30 more than me.(omg) if I saw anyone with a working 15year old lap top , id be like wow it works, lets do a youtube and everyone can be amazed at any old relic like this working. what is this XP the Virus magnet? a hopeless case that. never run XP ever. again. now here is the list that all 15 years old laps fail first. 1: the main battery is old and dead or worse shorted. 2: the RTC coin cell died like 5 years ago or 10 and replace 2 times and now 3rd time is NEEDED NOW. dell calls it a Reserve battery hidden inside the main battery bay. And is custom to DELL, non standard like coin cells are. read, pain to find/buy. 3: The screen is black but a flash light shined there, omg its not dead, I SEE DATA, that means the CCFL lamps are now dead. as all are now, like that this old or died 5 years ago. as most did. 4: XP is hosed, (XP sux) worse yet is IE8. (you will be banned using it) http://www.pcdied.com/XP-sux-sg.html why not ditch this pig go to GOODWILL(tm) walk in buy any PC with windows COA sticker showing W7 and newer on the case. spend $20 and go hog wild. ? Buy only PCs with LED screens, 2010 is the threshold there. Buy PCs that are w10-64bit certified only, 2008 and newer, yah! Buy a PC with a Future and WIN. W7 is plenty good enough for most folks trying to save cash.

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when was the last time was it working??? have you tried doing a system restore. check for the device manager if the drive is detected under CD/DVD option. if not try to instal the basic chipset drivers for your laptop and see if that works.

If you have a repair disk, boot from it and run a "Start up Repair". On a Dell machine I think it's "F10" during the boot process to get to the BIOS settings, change the setting to boot from CD to run the repair. After running the repair, reboot and enter the BIOS again, change the setting back to boot from the Hard Drive, save and exit. Hopefully this will solve the issue.

Be very careful if you follow next procedure, it can make useless your computer. At window top it says dll's name, take note of it and:1. Click on start2. Type REGEDIT3. Click yes on User Account Control4. At Registry Editor press F3 (single key at top of your keyboard)5. Type dll's name, including its extension (ex. dname.dll)6. Every time you find it, then erase registry field.7. Press F3 again and repeat steps 6-7 until finish.If you doubt it, better not do it! Take it into service center.

LCD backlight failure is what it sounds like to me. Inverter might work but I suspect the LCD

Hi,You can go to the BIOS page and check if the Hard drive is still detected if not then try reseating the hard drive.Hope this helpsThanksDennis

Dell uses different part numbers on 600m which is the same as D600. Try these part #:'s
W1842
C5832
X2033
or
Y4801.

Yes, but it will erase any personal data you have. Let me know if there is data to save and I will give more suggestions.

HI,

ITS PROBLEM WITH URS WIRELESS ADAPTER DRVIERS,INSTALLL WIRELESS DRIVERS...


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You can find the driver on dell support site.I have provided a link below, just visit it and download the driver.
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R107518&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_600M&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=2967&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=3&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=139326

Have you tried resetting the BIOS defaults? In doing so, it will force IDE re-detection and often resolve vague boot issues.

Yes you can. You must format the hard drive then re-install Windows Xp. After the O.S., install the laptop drivers.

That is usually caused by the laptop switching off improperly.
Run safe mode first and then when it has finished close down and restart is normal mode.

One reported Award backdoor BIOS password is eight spaces. Other reported Award backdoor BIOS passwords include 01322222, 589589, 589721, 595595, 598598 , ALFAROME, ALLY, ALLy, aLLY, aLLy, aPAf, award, AWARD PW, AWARD SW, AWARD?SW, AWARD_PW, AWARD_SW, AWKWARD, awkward, BIOSTAR, CONCAT, CONDO, Condo, condo, d8on, djonet, HLT, J256, J262, j262, j322, j332, J64, KDD, LKWPETER, Lkwpeter, PINT, pint, SER, SKY_FOX, SYXZ, syxz, TTPTHA, ZAAAADA, ZAAADA, ZBAAACA, and ZJAAADC.

To reset the BIOS password read the information from this link.

In case of your laptop the easiest method would be using software from Hiren's Boot CD as it's pretty hard to open it up and reach for the CMOS battery or the jumper.

1. You will need to load the drivers for the Network interface card.
Your Dell customer support representative can assist with this or the internet service provider ( cable or DSL) .you will need the restore disk.
If you are not savvy as to how to install the network card drivers.
Here is the Microsoft instruction set and the explanation for where the drivers can be located for a third party driver.
The manufacturers site is a good source for updating the network card drivers also. You may also need to update the motherboard drivers. These are also located at the manufacturers site.