Help me, please!!!!!

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My Dell Latitude C540 will not work!!!  It is sitting here with it's fan running, but will not finish starting.  It's screen is blank!!! HELP!!!!

I love dell · Answer

Not one bit of difference, that was no help what so ever.

CoCoRoCo · Answer

try following this troubleshooting tree   http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/tree?treeid=037D479B9377F603E0401E0A5517191D&c=us&l=en&s=dhs

ejn63 · Answer

Reseat the battery, RAM, drives and any cards in the system. Verify that the LED on the AC adapter is ON. If it is, and that doesn't work, you have a faulty system board.

I love dell · Answer

I will check the system.

I love dell · Answer

It will work with a moniter plugged in, but not without one!

DELL-Jimmy P · Answer

I love Dell     Try this, if it does not work then try reseating the video cable. Normally if you were to call support under warranty and it works with an external monitor support would replace the LCD.

I love dell · Answer

If I unplug the external, it shuts down!

DELL-Jimmy P · Answer

I love dell wrote:

If I unplug the external, it shuts down!

With the monitor plugged in go into power options and set it to do nothing when you close the lid. Unplug the monitor, if it shuts down then its a bad LCD cable or LCD, if it doesn't then its the reed switch which on this system is a motherboard replacement.

I love dell · Answer

It stay's started up, but I can not see anything!

DELL-Jimmy P · Answer

I love dell wrote: It stay's started up, but I can not see anything! Then you probably need a motherboard.

I love dell · Answer

Then what is wrong with the motherboard?

DELL-Jimmy P · Answer

I explained that in the other post, you probably have a bad reed switch. The reed switch is what tells the computer if the lid is open or closed.

I love dell · Answer

OK

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