I read that holding in this button in for 10 seconds, will clear the CMOS on a 5150,
maybe that is all it needs..Your Power Adapter seems fine at 14 volts...
A Dell support, guy came out, to replace the cooling unit, & motherboard on my Dell(it was running hot) He had to flash the BIOS, before the notebook even wanted to work.
If you have a USB floppy & can boot from it, try flashing your BIOS,
if after holding in the, i button does work, in clearing the CMOS..
It sounds like you might have Statically charged the CPU, during the time you replaced the mobo..
Hi.. thanks for the suggestions but that doesn't work. As far as static goes that would be impossible since the work was performed on an anti-static mat in a technicians environment with a static strap attached.
Hi.. no need to apologize. I just wanted you to know that can be ruled out. So you have 18volts.. interesting... that could be the problem then.. both the computer and battery are starved.
Since you've already had a few problems in this area too.
have you ever had the voltage in your house checked?
I had to have the electricians put a regulator in my house.
after I moved in, & kept blowing bulbs all over the house, after 2-3 weeks..I called them up.
Upon inspection they told me my voltage was swinging from 112-126, causing the filaments in the bulbs to get hotter & colder, way faster, thus buring out..
Maybe something similar to this is causing, your Adapters to fail?
Actually... our house voltage is pretty constant. I have a whole house generator in addition to plugging in our computers and peripherals into UPS systems. So the voltage is pretty well regulated.
gimpwith5150
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November 19th, 2004 19:00
Try holding the
i button next to the power button.
I read that holding in this button in for 10 seconds, will clear the CMOS on a 5150,
maybe that is all it needs..Your Power Adapter seems fine at 14 volts...
A Dell support, guy came out, to replace the cooling unit, & motherboard on my Dell(it was running hot) He had to flash the BIOS, before the notebook even wanted to work.
If you have a USB floppy & can boot from it, try flashing your BIOS,
if after holding in the, i button does work, in clearing the CMOS..
It sounds like you might have Statically charged the CPU, during the time you replaced the mobo..
GW5150
Alexpro
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November 19th, 2004 20:00
Hi.. thanks for the suggestions but that doesn't work. As far as static goes that would be impossible since the work was performed on an anti-static mat in a technicians environment with a static strap attached.
Regards,
Alex
gimpwith5150
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November 19th, 2004 21:00
Alexpro
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November 19th, 2004 21:00
gimpwith5150
16 Posts
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November 20th, 2004 00:00
Yep, sounds like it...
Since you've already had a few problems in this area too.
have you ever had the voltage in your house checked?
I had to have the electricians put a regulator in my house.
after I moved in, & kept blowing bulbs all over the house, after 2-3 weeks..I called them up.
Upon inspection they told me my voltage was swinging from 112-126, causing the filaments in the bulbs to get hotter & colder, way faster, thus buring out..
Maybe something similar to this is causing, your Adapters to fail?
GW5150
Alexpro
6 Posts
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November 20th, 2004 02:00
Hi,
Actually... our house voltage is pretty constant. I have a whole house generator in addition to plugging in our computers and peripherals into UPS systems. So the voltage is pretty well regulated.
Alex