dell inspiron 2200 power led is on and the fan is spinning, internal hdd is on (i can feel its vibration and ticking on start) but there is no picture on display (even the dell logo is not showing). I can touch the gpu chip and is getting a little warm, the cpu is getting warm too. But even plugging an external vga display there is no signal (or picture) what should be a problem
Paframe
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Jump to PostIt's old enough to have failed (2005 laptop) but did you replace the CMOS battery and give it another reset?
I've noted the routine at my sticky in another forum. Link follows.
http://www.cnet.com/forums/post/30c241c5-dd8b-4d73-b08d-c6e15897fe5f/Many laptops have a reset feature. Some don't but as not all machines …
Jump to PostI m facing same problem in dell inspiron 2200. No solution yet got...
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rproffitt
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If it's same problem above, it's too likely to be the motherboard.
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