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Ispiron 9100 does not boot
I have a 3 year old inspiron 9100. When I press the on button, the AC light turns on, the fans turn on but I think the hard drive does not. The screen remains black. If I press the on button and the Fn button togather the AC light turns on, the keyboard scroll lock function light is green and the upper case lock light flashes intermittently. Does this mean that the hard drive is dead? Ive tried swapping /removing the memory modules and the battery pack but it has made no difference.
Mr._Pseudonym
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Posted December 20th, 2008 19:00
:^/ Another test would be to try the suspect hard drive in another system, say in an external USB case. If you can read it then, we'll know it's not the drive after all, and might be a faulty ribbon connector instead. Much cheaper than a new main board.
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Posted December 20th, 2008 12:00
Remove the hard drive. If the system will POST to a BIOS screen (F2), replace the drive with a new one. If it won't, replace the faulty mainboard.