Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines May 26th, 2008 |
| Replies: 17 Views: 3,808 So I got around to calling Dell today. Although my warrenty is up, a guy decided to help me troubleshoot it anyways. He said that the diagnostics (Fn+power button) shows you what is wrong. The... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines May 24th, 2008 |
| Replies: 17 Views: 3,808 I am not sure what actually happened, my son's computer. After it was no longer working, he did indicate that the screen had done some strange things several time over the course of several weeks... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines May 23rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 17 Views: 3,808 I tried the fn+power button trick to see if your hardware diagnostics will work. What I get is the number lock and cap lock blinking simultaniously and the scroll lock is steady on. The power led... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines May 22nd, 2008 |
| Replies: 17 Views: 3,808 TurtleVideo, how did you come to the conclusion that your have fried your BIOS? Also, can you give me a link to where you can purchase a BIOS Chip. |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines May 18th, 2008 |
| Replies: 17 Views: 3,808 I have a Dell XPS M1210. I have been reading the forums trying to gather ideas that I could use to fix my computer.
The problem: When I start the computer the screen stays black, the Power LED... |