Dell pavillion 3120 wont boot up - Dell Inspiron 1545 Notebook

dell 3120 Chrome book it is (and cheap) 5 years old, 300euro new.
99% of problems on mobile devices is battery is no good.
my guess is this NOble is DESK bound CABLE lock,
sorry can NOT fix locks here, ever.
this thin note book has the big battery hidden deep inside.
and may be bad, and means it will not run on AC power pack alone.
if AC fails to run PC, we (in a shop) take the big battery out and test in AC pack, if the laptop now runs ok if yes, the battery is TOAST (they can short too)

5 years on a battery is very good., some fail at 1.(abused)
get the PC fixed in a shop
or read the service manual at dell, costs zero to read .
or sell it, and upgrade.

ini boot sector issue reinstall windows but don't format hdd save files in windows.old and then do install when windows is installed copy all documents from windows.old to windows and delete windows.old

Considering the specs:
Pavillion zt1170:
Intel Mobile Pentium III-M processor (starting at 933 MHz) with SpeedStep technology. –or– Intel Celeron processor (starting at 866 MHz).
Inspiron 1545:
A minimum of an Intel® PentiumTM Dual Core

There is no comparison between the computers,.. Keep the dell and work out the issues or sell it and use the cash towards an inexpensive new unit.
I hope this helps

You can fix it yourself with this repair guide. http://www.msbin.com

hello

I have read your problem and I think its a sure case of gone RAM.

Replace the RAM with a new one and your system will work fine.

Thank You

You're probably one of thousands of victims of defective nvidia chipsets in these systems. Call HP and complain.

shut it off let it sit for like 10 mins then plug everything back in then try it

MY NOKIA CLASSIC 3120C MODEL HANDSET IS SWITCHED ON AND THEN OFF WITH OUT BOOTING

Your cd Rom is also not working properly

First remove the battery from the PC! Leave it off for a short period of time! about 2min. This allows the computer to erase anything in temporary memory. Place the battery back onto th PC and try to boot it up. The other thing you can do is boot the pc up with just the power cord in place. See if it boots just from the power cord. Sometime the batteries from dell causes the whole entire PC to become unresponsive.