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Inspiron 530S - will not boot - Blue light ON
I have a an inspiron 530S that gives problems to startup. I power it on and steady blue lignt on. No dell screen on monitor, no beeps, nothing. Fans are on. PWS light is on. I sometimes get it to work by resetting the bios. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
RoHe
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September 29th, 2011 13:00
When was last time you replaced that motherboard battery? If resetting BIOS gets it to boot, that might be a sign the battery is dead.
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September 29th, 2011 15:00
i already did that but still having the same issues.
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September 29th, 2011 16:00
And that was a fresh motherboard battery?
Can you test this monitor on a different PC or another monitor on this PC?
What happens if you boot in Safe Mode? (Reboot and press F8)
Do you use on-board graphics or an add-in video card?
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October 4th, 2011 12:00
yes it is a fresh motherboard battery.
monitor works on another pc.
I can boot in safe mode if I get it to boot.
onboard graphics.
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October 4th, 2011 14:00
Since it boots in Safe Mode, that suggests that something loading during normal start-up is causing the problem.
Easiest thing to try is boot in Safe Mode and run msconfig. On Startup tab uncheck everything, except firewall and anti-malware suite. Then reboot normally. If that works, you'll get a warning box. Just put a check in "don't ask again". Then go back into msconfig and re-check one or a few items at a time, and reboot, until you find the one causing the problem.
If none of that helps, it could be a corrupted video driver. Grab a fresh download of the right on-board video driver for your model from Dell's support site. You can do that on any PC and copy onto USB memory stick or burn on a CD.
Then boot ithe 530S n Safe Mode and use Device Manager to uninstall the on-board video. Reboot and when prompted, install the fresh driver download from the memory stick and reboot again.