Posted on Mar 24, 2009

Dell Inspiron 8200 Won't Boot up. Not even to BIOS.

My Dell Inspiron 8200 Won't Boot up. Not even to BIOS.
You push the power button and everything lights up as it normally would. But then nothing else happens... No fans, no screen.... I can feel the laptop getting warmer (over a period of time) when its on.
I have tried declining it all power, then booting up. But it just does not work.
I am going to take it apart soon with my electritian friend to see whats going on inside there. But it would be nice to do it myself. and soon.

When it originally happened I believed it to be in power save mode, like when its been on screen saver for a while. But when it wouldn't wake up I just pressed the power button.

Thanks.

Anonymous May 11, 2010

could be the power supply or the fan...dont let the cpu get too hot or you will fry it

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Latitudes sometimes have a problem with RAM. Try these things to get it to boot...
1. Remove the RAM modules, clean the contacts with a pencil eraser, reseat modules and test.
2. If two modules, remove one and test. Place same module in second slot and test.
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