Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
Dell Inpiron 5100 Dead
Name: burning112 Date: April 30, 2005 at 10:56:56 Pacific OS: WinXP pro CPU/Ram: P4 2.4ghz/256mb
Comment:
I have a dell 5100 inpiron notebook computer. I just brought it home and turned it on and nothing. The screen blinks for a moment and the cap locks button is blinking. Does anybody know how I can remedy this. I think it may be a problem with the power supply.
Name: TerryNet Date: April 30, 2005 at 16:27:16 Pacific
Reply:
Are you supposed to charge the battery before using the PC? If so, did you? Is the LED on the power supply on, indicating that it is getting AC? Does the power LED on the notebook indicate (probably steady green) that it is getting juice from the power supply? Try removing battery and putting it back in.
Terry
0
Response Number 2
Name: trvlr Date: April 30, 2005 at 22:51:15 Pacific
Reply:
Most laptops will/should work regardless of whether or not the battery is charged (as long as they are plugged into the mains).
As to what is problem here - sadly???
Have you had a chat with Dell?
0
Response Number 3
Name: burning112 Date: May 2, 2005 at 13:58:06 Pacific
Reply:
Problem fixed, It seems that the bios temp chip on that model is bad. So I bypassed it with some useful sodering and Bingo got it working again. Only problem is if my CPU does ever actually burn out I Am pretty much screwed, or have a nice fire on my lap. Thanks for help anyway.
Summary: I have a dell inspiron 5100 with the cd-rw\dvd combo drive built in. I can usually read any dvd in it both -r and +r But It seems that certain dvds the computer won't even reconize. To my knowledge th...
Summary: I am working on a DELL Inspiron 5100 laptop for a friend. He had a virus and wanted XP reinstalled. I have downloaded the HDD utility from Hitachi(HDD Manufacturer) and formatted the HD as well as the...
Summary: ok heres the deal. i have a dell inspiron 5100 laptop that i bought about 3 months ago, brand new, good computer. i was surfing the net on it this morning when all of the sudden i felt a little shoc...
0 
