It sounds like an unseated CPU. It takes rather firm pressure to seat the MMC-2 style CPU this model uses. Look at the sides of the recess the CPU/Integral circuit board sits in; there is a series of holes punched in the vertical sides all the way around them. The edges of the integral circuit board should expose the top half(approx.) and evenly for all of them; if not, the CPU unit is not seated correctly so try again. It is definitely not a ZIF proposition!

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@leduke30 wrote:
It sounds like an unseated CPU. It takes rather firm pressure to seat the MMC-2 style CPU this model uses. Look at the sides of the recess the CPU/Integral circuit board sits in; there is a series of holes punched in the vertical sides all the way around them. The edges of the integral circuit board should expose the top half(approx.) and evenly for all of them; if not, the CPU unit is not seated correctly so try again. It is definitely not a ZIF proposition!

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Thanks for the information,

  but now i have activity but it only starts up to the dell logo and stops i try hitting the f2 and f12 button and get nothing , also when i put together the laptop it stops working, is my cpu bad.

I would still check the CPU for seating; it does not appear to be completely shot or you would not get as far as you do.

well how far do i need to seat the CPU

All the way:smileyvery-happy: Seriously, read the previous post on seating; a pro tech once tried 3 times with 2 CPUs before he got it right and admitted so.

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i check the cpu and it is all the way in, but i'm still getting nothing, just  get the two green led lights.