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Re: inspiron 1150 will just not boot mains or battery psu ok tried all the usual

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Wall of text.... too hard to read.

D-  Need to try harder.
-- 
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy 
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

Once upon a time on usenet demented wrote:
> son was doing new install win xp pro. he had decided to have ac clean
> fresh start and then reload what ever programs he req,d after new
> install as he as backups on dics of what he uses. he as done this
> numerous times b4 with no problems. however he left computer to get
> on with it and when he returned there was only 8 mins to go displayed
> on screen. after afew mins he noticed process bar was not operating.
> apparently he thought computer had frozen and he said no response to
> keys or open cd. thus he removed power. onreconnection power led on
> disc scanning for a while fan on. disc ejected no problem. switched
> off the back pn again inserted disc scanned for around 30 secs then
> just sits there doing nothing. since then I tried for him and it the
> same on mains alone or battery alone or both however still charges
> battery. no F12 F2 F8 F6 no ALT F11 no responses at all only green
> power light on with both mains or battery supplying power or both
> installed however still charges battery. initial turn on no flashing
> cap lights etc just power led on. diconnected everything in turn ram,
> hdd, cd, etc right down to motherboard checked for "dry joints"
> nothing .reseated cpu checked everything i have seen on net to try.
> afriend with same machine took my psu home worked on his daughters
> 1150 no problem. no its not the psu jack on mine. only thing I think
> of is 40gb hdd was somehow corrupted in my sons absence.I know it is
> an old machine but having spent so much time being frustrated with
> this I wondered if anyone had any other ideas and is there any way to
> confirm hdd. No have asked friend to borrow his daughters 1150 for
> comparison but he is afraid my machine may damage his parts or vice
> versa and he may have to fork out for another machine for his
> daughter which is the situation I face and money is tight after we
> were made redundant last year. any HELP!!! appreciated b4 an early
> grave ensues for me not the 1150.

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inspiron 1150 will just not boot mains or battery psu ok tried all the usual demented <91eed282a561b153be6ebcb2238f5a4e_6739@example.com> - 2015-12-10 19:22 +0000
  Re: inspiron 1150 will just not boot mains or battery psu ok tried all the usual not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-12-10 22:01 +0000
  Re: inspiron 1150 will just not boot mains or battery psu ok tried all the usual "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 12:45 +1300
    Re: inspiron 1150 will just not boot mains or battery psu ok tried all the usual Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 16:31 -0800
      Re: inspiron 1150 will just not boot mains or battery psu ok tried all the usual "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 15:10 +1300

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