My Inspiron 1000 laptop won't turn on. The power supply's green light blinks rapidly when plugged in to the laptop. I tried a new power supply and the same thing happens. I also took out the battery and plugged the computer in to the power supply. Still didn't turn on. Does anyone have an idea as to what the problem could be? Someone mentioned that it could be the motherboard, which wouldn't be worth repairing. Thank you.
The motherboard is bad. This model had a fault where after a while the North Bidge heatsink would break off and short the motherboard distroying it. This problem is something to not fix, it is not worth it, cost more than it is worth.
If you tried another AC adaptor and the green light still blinks, then most likely your motherboard has a problem.
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I had the same problem. Mine hadn't turned on for a week. First I tried taking the battery out and plugging it in, that didn't work. After reseating the hard drive and the optical drive, I took out the battery again, and it powered up. So try reseating the hard drive, optical drive and memory, if any, in expandable slot. (Preinstalled memory isn't accessible to reseat in the Inspiron 1000.)
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My Dell Inspiron Power Light is Solid Green.
WHen I depress the power-on button all lights blink and the system simply does not power on. No Fan, No Disk No activity at all.
Please help
Similar issue with my Inspiron 1000. If you turn it on, the power light glows, but static. At times the fan turns on, but you can hear it slow down to a certain point and then it stops. No video. If I remove the battery, but plug it in and tilt the laptop slightly backward (e.g., as it sits on my lap), it WILL turn on. The minute I move to straighten it out, it shuts down. If I try to start it up on a level surface, it won't turn on.
Leads me to believe there's some disconnect with the power supply or (more likely) the motherboard. Any thoughts are appreciated
I've got one here someone gave me that's doing the same thing. I wonder if it's not really where the ac adapter plugs in (dc plug in)? My sister has a newer dell that is doing basically the same thing, and it's her dc plug in.
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