Dell laptop won't start up

Roisen · Aug 15, 2009

It won't even post. The Power light comes on for a few seconds then turns back off.

Any ideas where to start, or has anyone else experienced this?

Also, when my aunt tried taking it into Best Buy for repair, they sold her a "Personal Geek Squad Disc". Does anyone know what it is?

Trap05 · Aug 15, 2009

Try pulling the battery...try pulling the hard drive and ram and see if does anything different. If not you're down the CPU or motherboard and if you don't have either to swap out you're stuck. If you have a DMM you can check the output of the AC adapter.

ihrsetrdr · Aug 15, 2009

Roisen said:
It won't even post. The Power light comes on for a few seconds then turns back off.

Any ideas where to start, or has anyone else experienced this?

Also, when my aunt tried taking it into Best Buy for repair, they sold her a "Personal Geek Squad Disc". Does anyone know what it is?

personal geek squad disc

I had to google that, just out of curiosity...didn't find any hits but I suspect it just to be a collection(toolbox) of system diagnostic or cleanup software that's likely readily available free on download. I hope you Aunt didn't pay a lot for that disc; BB follows unscrupulous business practices and makes a ton of $$ from the unwary.

As for the hardware issue, follow Trap05's advice and see what happens.

Roisen · Aug 16, 2009

I've ruled just about everything out except for making sure the battery and charger are at the voltages they should be, and clearing the cmos.

I've looked everywhere for a clear cmos jumper and can't find one. This is on a Dell Latitude 9200. I've put about four hours into searching for it online, but if anyone happens to know how to reset the cmos on this thing, let me know!

Trap05 · Aug 16, 2009

Normally what they tell you to do is remove the AC and battery and hold in the power button for 30 seconds or more...It never works but you should try it anyways.

RJARRRPCGP · Aug 16, 2009

Roisen said:
It won't even post. The Power light comes on for a few seconds then turns back off.

Probably a dying battery.

just dan · Aug 16, 2009

make sure the power button on the panel is connected to the mobo good.

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