9400/1705 Power Up Problem

Remove the battery and unplug the system.  Remove and reinstall both memory modules - does that get system going?

Hi Oil SC Man

Welcome to the Dell community. We understand your concern and will be glad to assist you. I would recommend you to follow these steps:

• Remove the battery and the adaptor from the system and hold the power button for 30 seconds and then turn on the system

• Run the hardware diagnostic by using a combination of ‘ Fn and power button ‘ or tap the F12 key on the dell logo screen and select diagnostics option. Observe and note any error code(s) or beep code(s) during the diagnostics

• Check for system LED flash codes above the keyboard

Please revert with observations

Sumer

Dell | Social Outreach Professional

I think it did allow that, however the screen is destroyed and I cannot see anything, and it won't recognize the laptop with my dell desktop monitor.  It indicates it cannot read digitally although it used to be able to view from the desktop monitor. Yikes

Remove the hard drive - will the system boot up to allow you into BIOS setup (f2 at powerup)?

Hello Sumer,

My computer dropped last night and now it won't power up. It looks as though it will, however then it beeps and only shows a blinking dash on the screen, not recognizing the system.  Is it a drive issue that was damaged from the floor crash or perhaps a battery issue.

Thank you,

Gr8tday!

System will not even come on. Push start, power led and HDD led flash on and then off. Will do nothing else

That likely means a bad mainboard - not worth replacing on a system this old.

Basically, given the age of the system and the description, repair makes no sense.  Start shopping for a  new notebook.

Hi Oil SC Man

Welcome to the Dell community. I would recommend you to take out all the memory modules, optical drive, hard drive and wireless card from the system and then start it up. If the motherboard is fine then you should be getting the following LED flash code:

•   should be on

•   should be flashing

•  should be flashing

Let us know if you are getting any other flash code.

Please revert for assistance

Sumer

Dell | Social Outreach Professional

Hi gr8tday

Welcome to the Dell community. We will be glad to assist you on this concern. I recommend trying these steps:

• Remove the battery and the adaptor and hold the power button for 30 seconds.

• Start your system and check for system beep code(s) and LED flash codes above the keyboard.

• Connect an external monitor to the system and use combination of Fn and F8 key to toggle the display.

• Try running on board diagnostics on the system by using a combination of Fn and power button or by going into the F12 menu and selecting diagnostics.

Please ensure that the hard drive is removed from the system prior to performing these steps.

Also would like to know whether the LCD is cracked or is it not displaying anything?

Please revert with observations.

Sumer

Dell | Social Outreach Professional

I could not see the images in your reply about which LED should be doing what. Did all you said. The power led, and the first three led's starting with num lock flash on and then right back off.

Have a good MB that I replaced with the original one Sumer...did the same thing on the new one

If the system has a discrete video card - particularly if it's an nVidia card, which are known to be fault-prone, if you have not replaced that, it's the next thing to replace.