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blinking Caps lock and Scroll lock/ no boot up
Hi,
I have an inspiron 9400 that has been having some issues lately. As of right now, when I push the power button, the power light comes on but it does not boot or even post. The Num lock stays on and the caps lock and scroll lock lights blink for about 40 seconds then the whole thing shuts off. This can obviously be only a few things but, how to I figure out what those blinking lights mean. I have search dell support but have found nothing. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
NoPoYo
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April 4th, 2008 15:00
Balaji Ramanath
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April 4th, 2008 15:00
Balaji Ramanath
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April 4th, 2008 15:00
rodrigosaito
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April 25th, 2008 18:00
I have a XPS 1710 and I have this problem.
I did it and it didn't work.
Balaji Ramanath
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April 25th, 2008 20:00
kerryss
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November 11th, 2008 19:00
I don't mean to threadjack, but I had the same issue. I narrowed it down to a bad RAM slot (B), as both my 1GB chips work in slot A, but not if B is populated. So I can boot with 1GB, but I don't suppose there is something I can do to fix the other slot. If you have any input, it would be much appreciated. It saves me from tossing 2 good 1GB dims and buying a 2GB one.
info:
Dell XPS M1710.
XPS M1710
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2GHz/667MHz/4MB)
[222-4648]
LCD Panel
17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
[320-4755]
Memory
2GB, 677MHz 2 DIMM from 1GB
[465-3462]
Video Card
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS
[320-4757]
Hard Drive
100GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
[341-3346]
Operating System
Windows Vista
Network Card and Modem
Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card and Modem
[430-1277]
CD/DVD Burner Options
8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
[313-4079]
[420-5791]
Sound Options
Integrated Audio
[313-4217]
Wireless Networking Cards
Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n Dual-band Internal Wireless
[430-1875]
Batteries
80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
[312-0422]
Bluetooth
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)
[430-1777]
W7FIRE
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November 2nd, 2011 15:00
ok, so i am having this same problem. i have a Dell Inspiron E1505 running Windows 7 Fire. 80 gig hard drive and 2 512mb ram sticks. i was using my computer normaly like any other day, when i clickd the shut down button in the start bar but nothing happened. so i held the power button untill completly shut off. i turned it back on and when prompted to start in either safe or normal, i chose normal. the screen whent black and was completely unusable for about 5 minutes. i plugged it into its power source and pushed the power button, the charge light, power light and bluetooth light came on as well as the numlock light. but thats as far as i got, i read this thread and removed the ram thinking this may be the problem, but now as i push the power button, it stays on for 3 seconds and turns back off. any ideaas?
Snellvis
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February 15th, 2012 11:00
This works. I purchased a battery and coin cell battery and it didnt fix the problem. I reseated the RAM memory and it did not work. What did work was removing both memory sticks and using one at a time.. this got the comp to start up fine.
servicegenie
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April 9th, 2012 21:00
I had the same problem, Caps Lock flashing, the turn off on an Inspiron 9100.
Replaced the memory with 2 new 256 meg & replaced the hard drive, started right up & running like new.
In fact it seems faster than when it was new.
Miina
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October 11th, 2012 12:00
Okay I'm really bad at computers, but I would like some help. I have kind of the same problems. My computer is a hp Pavilion. Today I pushed the turn-on button and the 'keyboard' turned on, and the small led-lights around the keyboars also blinked. But the screen did not turn on. And then the 'caps lock', 'num-lock' and 'scroll' lights blinked at the same time, maybe every 5-10 seconds, and kept on like that. It did not turn of itself. And then I tried to turn it off and turn it on again but it did the same thing again. And I tried to take the battery out, and in again and turn it on, and it did the same again. What should I do ?
servicegenie
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October 12th, 2012 14:00
You don't give the model number but my repair experience with HP Pavilion dv2000 thru dv9000 has been bad mother boards. When you take them apart you will usually find the capacitors with swollen tops & sometimes a brown substance oozing out the split top.
The only fix is to replace the motherboard.
mitchegon
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January 24th, 2014 09:00
ooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyy god, I took out one memory module, put cover back on, and it fired up just fine.
YOOOUUUU DAAA Man
thank you sooo much.
ShaunMW
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March 24th, 2014 20:00
Thanks. That worked for me.
anjani242
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June 2nd, 2014 12:00
Many Many Thanks To You...
Its Working for me... :emotion-21:
Kire667
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July 23rd, 2014 22:00
Thanks so much. This was the first thing to pop up on google when searching for a solution as to why the Caps Lock is the only thing turning on for my laptop. Turned out the battery in the same compartment as the RAM was loose from when I hit my desk too hard after raging at a game. It powered off my laptop during use and would not power back on. Caps Lock blinked about 10 times then shut off at every power on.