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Hi. I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop. I tried booting it up yesterday and after the Dell screen nothing happens. I ran a diagnostics test per the manual and received the following error codes-
2000-0146
0F00-0244
0F00-1A44
I have no clue what these mean and I have no idea what I should do next. I'm not very tech savvy so I'm hoping you can help me out in the simplest terms possible. Thanks.
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Dell has a series of tests for a system's hardware
called the PSA+ Diagnostics. You can run these tests by performing
one of the following actions:
Hold down the key while pressing the power button.
Turn on the system, press at the initial Dell™ logo screen, and select Diagnostics from the boot menu.
Disconnect the AC power and remove the battery. While holding down the power button, insert the AC connector
into the back of the system. The system then starts and the message Diagnostic boot selected
displays. The system then launches the PSA+ Diagnostics.
As for the laptop shutting down, that usually indicates your CPU (Central Processing Chip) is overheating. This is caused by dust or defective CPU fan or heat-sink.
Based on Dell Pre-Boot System Assessment (PSA) Diagnostics and Error Codes For Dell Computers - KB Article - 30042, it is a Hard Drive failure, and you need to replace the Hard Drive.
I suggest to try reinstall windows first before you replace the Hard Drive.
Hmm... try running diagnostics, you might be looking at a hardware issue, perhaps a possible failing HDD, when your laptop boots, when you see the Dell Logo, tap F12 until you see options, look for diagnostics. run, and wait for the results.
Hope it helps!
If reseating your hard drive doesnt fix it, Insert your Windows disk into your cd/dvd drive As the machine boots up, hit the F12 key This will give you the option of where to boot your machine from. Select boot from CD/DVD drive
The disk loads some files and gives an option to either install windows or repair, select repair and boot onto Windows (select 1)
0F00 errors are hard disk drive errors. You will need to replace the hard drive. If under warranty, call Dell Tech support. If not, then you can buy a new drive from places like Newegg.com
Make sure you do not have a bootable CD or DVD in the drive. If that does not resolve, then try holding the "home" (Media Direct) button while pressing the Power button on.
Try check your hard disk with the other machine. Try running hard disk diagnostic test. If there's a problem with diagnostic test i suspect your hard disk is faulty. If you tried connecting with other machine then same problem, suspected also hard disk faulty. You might need to change it.
Were you able to do a virus scan
try to get on in safe mode by constantly pressing F8 during restar select safemode
See if shutsdown in safemode
Do you here the fans running when it's on
You may just need to do a restore
Let me know what happens in safe mode
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