⟐ Answer accepted October 26, 2021 at 18:21 MST

⟐ Commented December 13, 2017 at 5:34 MST

1. remove battery & power plug then push power button for 1 min.

2. remove ram and insert it again

3. press D+Power button

4. fn+ Power button.

but none of this work...

have you any idea accept this...??

what is the reason for this 8 beep & black screen??

i tried that option with HDMI cable Fn+F1 keys to us the external monitor. .. but it still beeps 8 time... and i think its not detecting HDMI... what should i do..?

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⟐ Commented July 07, 2021 at 14:58 MST

Here are some other work I have done to the computer. I have replaced the Cmos and flash the Bios. I have reapplied thermal paste to the processor. I took the HDD out and clean it of viruses on another computer. I have even checked for rootkits on the computer I am working on. I have tried updating the the keyboard and mouse drivers. I have tried, but failed to update the chipset. I got all my drivers and update from the Dell website for this specific computer.

There is no corrosion. There is no signs of liquid damage. The computer will boot into window just fine now that I have removed the viruses. I just cannot get the keyboard and touchpad on the laptop to work and usb input devices does not work correctly besides flash drive. I have not replaced the keyboard and touchpad yet. I didn’t want to put the money into it if I can’t fix it. I want to assume it is the motherboard; but everything else works beside what I have mentioned. It puzzles me. Since I am so close to fixing it, I do not want to give up. Any advice will help.

This is my first time on this site so hopefully everything answering and navigating process will go smoothly.

⟐ Commented October 26, 2020 at 0:54 MST

⟐ Answered April 29, 2014 at 17:01 MST

⟐ Answered November 09, 2016 at 16:28 MST

Neither of the batteries I have seem to charge and both provide different error codes from the battery light when plugged into the mains. One causes the light to constantly flash amber while the other flashes amber 4 times, white once then back to amber.

Does anyone know the meaning of these lights/ codes? Looking around online i’ve found a bunch of different answers and cannot find the definite answer as to what they mean.

⟐ Answer accepted July 18, 2021 at 20:17 MST

⟐ Answer accepted October 12, 2020 at 18:08 MST

When I push the switch button, it starts working, but after 30 seconds it shuts down automatically.

I then dissembled my system and applied new thermo paste on CPU, as well as new thermo pads on GPU, North and South bridge chipset. but nothing has changed!!

I disconnected the yellow cable of CPU fan so it works at the highest speed, but GPU is still HOT, and the laptop shuts down like emergency. I think there is some kind of problem of any little resistor, or capacitor as the GPU appears to be getting to high a voltage and that's why it gets HOT (between 70-85 celsius )

So what can i to do ?

thanks a lot

⟐ Answer accepted October 02, 2018 at 4:54 MST

I was wondering if someone could help with an issue I have with a Dell Inspiron M5040 laptop that recently went kaput.

Initially it started making some scratchy noises, and wouldn't boot (the progress bar would not move), and the F2 set up showed that the Hard Drive wasn't recognised. I ran a diagnostics scan and it skipped over the Hard Drive part of it.

I decided to buy a new hard drive to see if that would work (incidentally, not sure if it's significant but the old hard drive was 5400RPM, the new one is 7200RPM).

I installed it and turned the computer on. The Progress bar filled in double quick time but it went straight to the following message:

PXE-E61: media test failure check cable

PXE-MOF Exiting PXE ROM

Reboot & Select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key

I figured that maybe the new hard drive wasn't recognised so went to the F2 set up. It was recognised in the Fixed HDD section. I then ran a diagnostics scan and while it didn't seem to finish the Hard Drive part in sequence (it started with System, then Cables, and Hard Drive only completed after the memory test at the bottom finished, it did have a green tick though).

I looked at the results and it said: Hard Drive 0, DST Short Test Test results, Pass.

So the HDD seems to be recognised but I have no clue as to how I can get the system to boot.

I bought the new Hard Drive from Ebay and so I guess its formatted. Would that have something to do with it? Do I need to get a version of Windows on a disc and maybe boot the system via that?

Any help you guys could give would be very gratefully received!

All the best,

Mark

⟐ Answer accepted June 04, 2017 at 12:26 MST

⟐ Answered November 09, 2016 at 16:16 MST

⟐ Answered November 09, 2016 at 14:26 MST

⟐ Answer edited September 05, 2016 at 15:41 MST

I thought the screen was the cause but it seems to be a motherboard issue. I first discovered that if I bent the board (lightly) in the corner where the screen cable connects to the motherboard, the screen would illuminate. I thought it might just be a short or something. Then I checked if pressure cause somewhere else in the board was the fix and this seems to be the answer. My guess is a capacitor or something but I'm hoping someone with some more experience can provide a more concrete solution.

Some videos to show my findings

http://imgur.com/a/dHukZvk

⟐ Commented October 20, 2018 at 0:11 MST

I have a Dell Inspiron M301z model P11S. The girlfriend of a buddy spilled from orange juice on her Dell Inspiron laptop and it stopped.

I cleaned it up and managed to get it working, so I recovered her information onto an external HDD.

However, it now won't start at all. The only thing which has changed is that she said she pressed the start button too hard and it now seemed to be loose.

I've tried unsuccessfully to find a new start button and ribbon cable. There also appears to be quite a few different four wire ribbon cables.

Anybody got any idea where I might find a button, with or without ribbon cable?

Phillip

⟐ Edited March 24, 2015 at 12:39 MST