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Dell inspiron
1505, caps lock and scroll lock light illuminated and wont boot, when
pressing the power on button it spins the fan for a second then the
caps and scroll lock light stay li for like 5 secs. then 2 green lights start blinking for about 30 secs and the screen does not start and the green lights stop? what can this be?
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Remove 1 stick of ram and turn on, if no! take out the second one and put back the first, and power on, if okay you know the 1 stick is bad. Remove main battery and power on, "long shot" if no change chances are it is a motherboard issue.
Hi You probably have a mother board issue. Most likely the video chip. Take this to a reputable repair person or check my website www.micromendllc.com.
This is a hardware failure code. You may be able to get help from dells site as to what error it is giving. Most of the time it is a major problem if it will not start. Hoever... Dells have issues with power supplies. It may just be a bad power brick. You will need to get the code from dell to find out however.
Hi
I would check the RAM in the laptop and see if it is not seated properly. You should have 2 areas that hold #1 RAM Chip
One under the keyboard and one on the bottom. I had a Dell Latitude D620 and the ram was not seated properly and I received the same error.
I hope this helps
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/Shawn
Try removing one of the two memory SODIMMS under the cover on the bottom of the unit. It sounds like you could have a bad memory problem that is keeping the machine from completing the POST (power on self test). I'd try one stick at a time and see if that helps.
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Hi there. Try cleaning the system memory and slots with a soft dry clean painbrush and re-seating it. Also make sure the air vents and fan area is free of dust.
The 3 LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock, Scroll Lock) are used by Dell to diagnose no-post issues such as yours. The only error code close to yours is [Num Lock ON, Caps Lock FLASHING, Scroll Lock ON]. This indicates a a memory error. Try reseating the memory modules. If you have 2 memory modules, insert one at a time to determine the faulty module.
This is generally a problem with the battery or a memory chip. Start by removing the battery and starting up on the power supply only. Dell batteries are notorious for causeing a no start. Then try removing the memory and try one chip at a time in both slots. If neither of these work, then I'm afraid you have a failed system board component, ans you will probably want to take it in for a professional diagnostics. Also, you can find a diagnostics light codes list for your machine at Dell's support site.
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