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January 13th, 2023 15:00

Dell Precision M6500 not booting

So, I have this problem where all of a sudden my laptop turned off and when trying to power on again (unplugging power cable and plugging again, as I don’t have the battery) and now it’s state is the following:

I hear the gpu fan spin for about 3-4 seconds, power led on during the fan spin, and the fan stops along side the power led turns off, less than a second after it starts to power on again and just keeps on this loop.

Power led on and fan spins for about 3-4 seconds and turns off, less than a second after does the same again.

What I’ve tried so far:

1: Replace Ram or try only one module.
2: Use another cpu (originally chipped with the pc).
3: Resetting CMOS battery.

I don’t know what to do at this point, I know it’s an old laptop but it’s the only laptop I have and urgently need it running again, I don’t have any desktop pc or another pc really, just this laptop, currently I cannot afford to buy another pc.

Any help would be amazing, thanks in advance!

 

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January 13th, 2023 17:00

Considering the age of the system, you stated that you reset the CMOS battery but I would replace the battery with a brand new recently purchased battery for starters.

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January 14th, 2023 05:00

  • As I said, i dont even have a battery, the laptop has been working without a battery for the last year, ive been using it with ac power.

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January 14th, 2023 21:00

Oh, he meant the cmos battery, where can I buy a new one?

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January 14th, 2023 21:00

If you want to troubleshoot for issue with your laptop, lets start with suggestion from @JOcean , replace the cmos battery with a new one.

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January 15th, 2023 05:00

Try Amazon here and here, or Newegg here, or Laptop Parts here or IT Part Store here and here. You can also call or eMail Parts-People here and inquire about the CMOS battery as I did not see one on their web site.

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