My XPS 8300 was fine yesterday but this morning when i press the power button it won;t but the power button isn't light up its not amber or white someone give me a solution i had this like 4 days ago the dell technical support to me told unplug and press the power button for 10 seconds and then replug it help once and not today
Unplug the tower and press power button for 60 seconds, if this fails the motherboard should be suspect, check all plugin connections to the motherboard especially power supply connectors.
SOURCE: Dell XPS M140 laptop shuts off after powering on
Most laptops that I have worked on that power off that quickly turned out to be an overheating problem. Is the cooling fan running for the brief period that you can hear the hard drive before it powers off ? If the fan is running another potential resolution might be to remove the processor and apply new thermal paste.
SOURCE: won't post/boot
Check to see if you are getting any flashing num,scroll,or caps lock lights you can also if you want a definite answer go to (http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/tree?c=us&l=en&s=gen&treeid=3D170450481B7790E040A68F5B2871BC), select the system type and go through the troubleshooting steps.
**Oh by the way if you turn on your system and then it turns back off after less then 3 seconds, according to dell troubleshooting we would be looking at replacing the motherboard.
SOURCE: Dell XPS M1330 PC problems when turning on
I had the same problems and removed the DIMM memory module and reinstated it and now works perfect. The reason I did this is because I had the same problem with another Dell. Try this fix and you should be up and running in no time.
SOURCE: dell inspiron 1545 won't boot turn on start up
Unseat and reseat the memory in the laptop one stick at a time in each slot one at a time. Turn on the laptop after each reseat of memory.
If that doesn't work then take out the hard drive and then the dvd drive.
Turn the laptop on again and if you still can't get video on the screen then the motherboard is defective and would need to be replaced.
SOURCE: dell precision m60 press the power button the
You could have a bad peice of memory or a bad memory slot. Pull the memory out and try one peice at a time in each of the two slots. If you only have 1 peice you will need to either borrow a peice of the same memory or buy it. You also could have a shorted battery so pull the battery out if the ram is ok and try to boot. Another idea is the cd rom may have a problem so pull it if the ram and battery are ok. After doing all this if the system will still not boot the motherboard must have a short and needs replacement. This model also had an issue with the power board where the power button is. The connector on the motherboard was poorly designed and very sloppy. Over time it gets worn and causes a similar issue. The temporary cure is to press very hard on the power button to see if it will boot and then leave it running. You can also put pressure on the underneath side around the docking port and press the power button. This issue however requires a new motherboard. The M60 is almost the same as the D800 infact most parts are interchangeable. You could switch out the motherboard to a D800. I refurbish the D600 AND D800'S daily so I am fimilar to this issue. Let me know how you make out. Phil [email protected]
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