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Notebook won't boot without pushing on memory
My Inspiron 5000e suddenly stopped booting up. It wouldn't even get to the point of trying to load from hard drive, CD, or floppy.
I stumbled upon the fact that it would work if I am pushing on the memory chips. I have to put a fair amount of force on it--I don't think it is simply a matter of making a better connection. I've tried removing and reinserting the chips several times without improvement.
Any idea what is going on? I wonder if there could possibly be anything wrong with the memory itself (but if so, would pushing on them change this). Could there be some fixable problem in the connections with the memory? As I have to push fairly hard, I even wonder if it is possible that what I'm really doing to get it to work is pushing on something behind the memory and making a connection which is loose. Is there anything behind the memory so that this could apply?
I stumbled upon the fact that it would work if I am pushing on the memory chips. I have to put a fair amount of force on it--I don't think it is simply a matter of making a better connection. I've tried removing and reinserting the chips several times without improvement.
Any idea what is going on? I wonder if there could possibly be anything wrong with the memory itself (but if so, would pushing on them change this). Could there be some fixable problem in the connections with the memory? As I have to push fairly hard, I even wonder if it is possible that what I'm really doing to get it to work is pushing on something behind the memory and making a connection which is loose. Is there anything behind the memory so that this could apply?
