One messed up dell. need fixing help....

[ecookman]

Alright in my CE class, my friend got a beaten up old insprion, when you press the power button it does not turn on at all, instead the capslock and numlock lights come on and flash, it doesn't even get to the BIOS, nor will the screen turn on, or the fans or the HDD. I think its pooched, any ideas?

[Insectoid]

Mobo's fried. Get a new laptop.

[ecookman]

Insectoid @ Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:38 pm wrote:

Mobo's fried. Get a new laptop.

blah I thought so.... tis a shame, well I'll have to salvage the parts, hey can i take the screen and turn it into a separate VGA monitor?

[Insectoid]

With some modding, yes. It's not easy though, you'll need an adapter to switch the laptop monitor cable to standard VGA (or DVI).

[ecookman]

hm, think it'd be as easy as running power to it and then taking the inputs and wiring them into a connector? / know of any tutorials?

[ecookman]

Alright I did some digging, and it looks like I would need a device controller. Does anyone know where I could obtain one?

[DtY]

Do you hear the POST beep? If you do, the problem is probably the monitor.

[ecookman]

DtY @ Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:46 am wrote:

Do you hear the POST beep? If you do, the problem is probably the monitor.

You press the power button, and.... nothing except for the caps and num lock lights flashing

[DtY]

ecookman @ Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:51 am wrote:

DtY @ Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:46 am wrote:

Do you hear the POST beep? If you do, the problem is probably the monitor.

You press the power button, and.... nothing except for the caps and num lock lights flashing

Okay, the monitor is probably fine then (and if it is broken, it's not what's causing the computer to not work).

[ecookman]

hopefully, I'm going to buy the screen off him and look into finding a device controller. if anyone knows where I can get one It'd be great if i got a link

[ProgrammingFun]

Was your BSOD computer also a Dell?

[ecookman]

ProgrammingFun @ Sun Oct 24, 2010 3:56 pm wrote:

Was your BSOD computer also a Dell?

if your referring to my comment in the shout box, yes, and the ironic part is it runs faster now.

[ProgrammingFun]

Yay for BSOD then?
Was it only a one time error?
Or was some windows file corrupted...

[ecookman]

ProgrammingFun @ Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:58 pm wrote:

Yay for BSOD then?
Was it only a one time error?
Or was some windows file corrupted...

one time error, lol runs better than ever.