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DELL INSPIRON 6400 laptop won't boot,flashing num lock light when holding FN
I have a 4 year old dell inspiron 6400 and a while ago when my laptop wasnt booting up properly ....
i googled the issue and found similar problems and they say to start the laptop while holding the FN key, i do so and my caps lock and scroll lock lights become solid and my num lock light flashes....but i cant figure out what this means. And my laptop still wont boot!
anyone know what the above means, please check for me .
Anyone got any ideas as to how to boot up my laptop, even if just once, as long as i can get some of my data!
OS:Windows vista home edition
thanks in advance
Regards,
Krishna
krishna.moorthi
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January 13th, 2011 21:00
I have identified there is a problem in one of the RAM(512MB) and Slot got damaged. I just removed the damaged RAM from the board . After that everthing working fine in my laptop.
-Krishna
LaptopNomad
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January 10th, 2011 03:00
POST flashes the numlock light when RAM memory has a problem.
reseat RAM memory modules or leave one of the 2 out or vice versa.
If the problem stays, try again with a different RAM memory module
If new RAM memory doesn't solve the problem, the MOBO might be affected.