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Dell Studio 1737: New screen: Power button cable turns latop off.

Sat, 10 Mar 2018 09:33:06 -0700

So I bought a replacement screen for my 1737. After replacing it I went to test, it lit up and started booting! SUCCESS!!!!

But then it turned off immediately.... after trying the usual suspects, just as I was giving up hope, I had a thought.

While it was powered, I reseated the cable to the power button. It started booting..... and turned off again.... strange.

I reseated it again, and unplugged it right after the latop started booting.... SUCCESS, for reals this time!!!!

So, Any advice or common issues with the power button cable or perhaps the button itself sending constant 'presses'???

I would like to be able to turn the laptop on without removing the keyboard and fiddling with the cable, haha.

⟐ Answer accepted March 10, 2018 at 9:33 MST

Dell Studio 1737: What can I do if my dvd / cd won't eject from my optical drive?

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 14:25:52 -0700

My CD drive won't eject from the side of my laptop, please help!

⟐ Answered June 10, 2019 at 14:25 MST

Dell Studio 1737: Why would my keys be sticking on my keyboard?

Thu, 11 Jan 2018 20:16:43 -0700

My keys are sticking to the keyboard

⟐ Answer accepted January 11, 2018 at 20:16 MST

Dell Studio 1749: Laptop shuts down after 20 minutes. Replaced fan. Now what?

Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:53:32 -0700

Laptop shuts down after 20mins. Is there anything else to do to try and fix this issue besides replacing the fan?

⟐ Answered July 20, 2019 at 9:53 MST

Dell Studio 1749: some numbers on keyboard dont work

Sat, 06 Oct 2018 09:45:01 -0700

how can i make the numbers seven eight nine and zero to work

⟐ Answer accepted October 06, 2018 at 9:45 MST

Dell Studio 1737: Should my cooling fan be on all of the time?

Thu, 06 Apr 2017 19:15:40 -0700

it seems like the fan never shuts off, should my cooling fan be on all of the time? how can I tell if it is working?

⟐ Answered April 06, 2017 at 19:15 MST

Dell Studio 1737: How do I know if my laptop is getting power into it?

Thu, 06 Apr 2017 21:42:55 -0700

Sometimes if I leave my laptop plugged in the battery doesn't charge, is there any way to verify that the computer is charging without booting it up?

⟐ Reopened April 06, 2017 at 21:42 MST

Dell Studio 1747: 7 Beeps, no boot most of the time.

Wed, 25 May 2016 08:32:45 -0700

I've been repairing a Dell Studio 1747 with a Core i7-820QM (first generation). Most of the time it beeps 7 times at power up. Sometimes it will POST and boot, but then eventually crash hard (freeze). I understand that 7 beeps indicates a cache test problem meaning a problem with the CPU. However, CPU problems are so rare, I replaced the motherboard instead. I still get the 7 beeps at start up most of the time. I have replaced the memory as well with the same results. (Once, I did get 4 beeps, and 6 beeps another time, but every other time, 7 beeps).

How often does a CPU actually fail? I thought it was quite rare and far more likely to be a logic board problem. Could the issue be a bad CPU ZIF seat (both times), a bad power supply to the board, or is there anything else that would cause this error code (7 Beeps) besides a bad CPU?

⟐ Answer accepted May 25, 2016 at 8:32 MST

Dell Studio 1737: I do I bypass bios utility password

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 10:52:45 -0700

Remove bios utility password