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Laptop won't turn on.
Name: kderr21 Date: November 29, 2005 at 13:46:40 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 CPU/Ram: ?
Comment:
My Dell Inpirion 1000 Laptop will not power on. I have never had any problems with my laptop other than it being slow and my power cord breaking. My roommate borrowed it one day and let the battery completely die. I never use it without the cord since the battery only last about a half an hour. She got the power cord from me and claimed she could not get it to work. I guess she tried forcing it in or something because some of the prongs were sligtly bent inside the plug on the actual laptop. When I bent them back and got the plug in, the laptop would not turn on. I also tried using her universal plug and nothing. Green lights flash for a second...then orange, but nothing happens. The fan does not even start. Is it possible that it won't start because she killed the battery or somehow shorted out the plug (unlikely b/c it is a three prog plug and I think she was putting it in upsidedown). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!!
Name: blackbill Date: November 29, 2005 at 14:10:37 Pacific
Reply:
It sounds like she broke the power jack within the laptop, and as a result the power is actually not connected when the plug is inserted.
You get some flashing lights from the machine because there is still a little bit of power left in the battery.
You will have to have the machine serviced and have them replace the power jack.
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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser Date: November 29, 2005 at 16:37:06 Pacific
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...My roommate borrowed it one day ..
Ask her to pay the repair bill!
i_XpUser
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Response Number 3
Name: irfankd Date: November 29, 2005 at 16:57:38 Pacific
Reply:
get it cheked out and see what happens
Irfankd<i/>
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Response Number 4
Name: kderr21 Date: November 30, 2005 at 12:26:46 Pacific
Reply:
If it is the power jack and she broke it by forcing the plug in I will have to ask her to pay for the repair. Is it possible to repair the power jack yourself at home. I found some power jacks on ebay (have yet to find one for the Inspiron 1000) and my boyfriend was a computer engineering major. Is it very risky to try to repair yourself?
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