not sure about the beep codes (my 5100 tends to just flash the LEDs, so it may depend on bios revision), but I'd try reseating everything removable.
to successfully boot, you don't need any drives, so you can remove the optical and HD as part of the troubleshooting test. reseat the ram -- if you have two sticks try booting with only one stick in and try each stick you have in each of the two slots by itself. if that doesn't work, reseat the video card. The part of the 5100 service manual for removing the vid card is here: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins5100/en/sm/palmrest.htm#1105456
worst case, m7500s are usually fairly cheap on ebay -- not sure if it will fix your problems or not, but they're probably cheap enough to try if the above doesn't work
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not sure about the beep codes (my 5100 tends to just flash the LEDs, so it may depend on bios revision), but I'd try reseating everything removable.
to successfully boot, you don't need any drives, so you can remove the optical and HD as part of the troubleshooting test. reseat the ram -- if you have two sticks try booting with only one stick in and try each stick you have in each of the two slots by itself. if that doesn't work, reseat the video card. The part of the 5100 service manual for removing the vid card is here: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins5100/en/sm/palmrest.htm#1105456
worst case, m7500s are usually fairly cheap on ebay -- not sure if it will fix your problems or not, but they're probably cheap enough to try if the above doesn't work
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September 21st, 2005 15:00
Well I ended up already trying all of those things several times
The problem seems to be a bad connection with the memory stick and the bank 0 slot.
If I put a fair amount of pressure on it , it will work fine, pushing down on it that is.
I am not sure if its a cold soldier joint somewhere, or simply poor tolerances on the connector.
Anyhow My temporary fix was to wad up a anti-static bag and place under the cover to push down on it.
thanks......
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