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right, got to fix this lappy, it's a dell lat d600 i plug the power lead from my insparion 8500 and all i get is the power light staying on for about 5 sec's then goes off, no fans or screens turn on, tryed it with no ram still the same thing happens.
What about without the battery?
If it's still the same then from experience it's normally a fluffed motherboard or processor. Mobo is most likely, but like Compaq, dell engineers can often be a little bit too liberal with thermal paste appliance (I've seen it covering an inch of surrounding components in both Dells and Compaq laptops before now :)
same with out the battrey
most likely a dead motherboard
I concur. Time to crack it open (fairly easy on Latitudes) and check the processor installation, memory installation and then look at a dead mobo :(
tryed geting the case off, but one scrue thats holding the keybord down is not coming out ;/
have you stripped it trying to remove it ?
dells are normally easy to get into :\
for the sake of one screw, drill the head off.
May be an idiot question, but is the Inspiron power lead the same as the Latitude? I've used a few Dells and they don't all have the same lead. Normally if it fits it works, but is it a real fit?
I've had this problem with laptops when the little standby switch under the screen sticks down and stops the system booting.