Dell inspiron 1521 wont turn on it starts to turn on for about 2 to 3 seconds then shuts off tried baterry only and also charger only same outcome

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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.

SOURCE: dell inspiron 1521 won't turn on!

Try this: remove the battery and unplug the power, hold down the power button for 10 seconds, then plug the power back in, and try turn it on again. If this doesn't work, check the power plugin port, if anything in there is moving around, it might be broken and need to be repaired. Check for a local electronics or computer store for that. The only other problem I can think of is that the motherboard died, probably from over-heating. This usually requires a new laptop, or an equivalent price for a new motherboard. Good luck, I truly hope the first one works.

Mark Taylor

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• Posted on Dec 08, 2009

SOURCE: dell inspiron 1521 error code 2000-0146

Hi eodnd119,

That's not a good error code. That is telling you your hard drive is bad.
You likely have a drive where sectors are going bad - sometimes they may be readable, sometimes not. But it's just a matter of time before the drive fails completely.
Replace the hard drive.

Good Luck,

Mark

SOURCE: My dell inspiron 1521 screen goes black!

Yes, most likely the inverter has failed if you can still make out the desktop but the screen is very dim. Below is the link to the service and repair manual for that model.

http://support.ap.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1521/en/sm/index.htm

SOURCE: Dell Inspirion 1521 Laptop Microphone Wont Work

I have a Dell Inspirion 1521 same mic issue.....so it was corrected driver R167846

Title: Audio: SIGMATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio Driver
Version : A02
OEM name : SIGMATEL
OEM Version: 6.10.0.5609
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Created : Wednesday, November 07, 2007