Inspiron 5150 booting problem

Question

My machine will not boot up.  There is power because I can hear it try to boot.  The machine powers on for about 10-15 seconds and the just shuts off.  What gives?   Any suggestions? TIA, -Scott

Liberto · Answer

Are you able to see anything on the screen? Take out the battery and try to power it up with the AC adapter alone. It is most probably a motherboard failure.:smileyindifferent:           A network adminstrator at a college once sent a pop up message to all the computers 'Are you able to see me?'. One of the students came running to him and said 'Sir, my computer wants to know if I can see it.'. He asked her 'Are you able to see your computer?'. She said 'Yes'. He said 'So just click ok. There is nothing to worry about.' :smileyvery-happy: Message Edited by Liberto on 11-09-2006 02:35 PM

ScottsLocks · Answer

No I couldn't see anything on the screen.  I did have a flashing light on the CAPS lock.  I followed the Dell troubleshooter which instructed me to remove all CRU's.  I removed one at a time and the machine powered up and ran Windows.  It wasn't until I remove just one of the two RAM boards that it would do anything.  Onve I removed one of the two RAM boards, a message was displayed: 'The memory amount has changed press F2 to enter set up or ESC to exit.'  So, I removed the other memory board and swapped their locations and the machine seems to be working as good as usual.  Strange...   Thanks, Scott

Jaymz1977 · Answer

bumping around a lot can cause memory to become loose in it's cradle.  i see this happen frequently with customers i service.

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