17-9700 Power on problems

Question

The laptop would not power-on. I disassembled, removed the battery, put it back in again; the system would not power on whether the power supply was connected or not, or whether the battery was in or not. I left it connected to the power supply over the weekend and on Monday it powered on, taking me directly to CMOS setup to enter current date/time. For the next few days I did typical troubleshooting (updates/BIOS/etc.) and had no problems. Battery power seemed normal.

Now the laptop will not power on again. Any help would be appreciated -- thx in advance.

DELL-Jesse L · Answer

Replace the cmos battery in the system and then try booting up.

D-miller · Answer

I don't think there is a CMOS battery in this model.

Tiberivs · Answer

Hi. I have similar problem, but with one addition - red led light when I press power button. It lights red as long as I press power button. Do you have one? I've tried hard reset, but it didn't help me.

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17-9700 Power on problems