Dell Latitude trouble

Chris Chan · 09-28-2005, 02:24 PM

I'm having trouble with my Dell Latitude CPx (650 cumine, 12GB, 128MB, ATI M1 8MB). Sometimes it refuses to turn on, instead giving me the power and HD lights and the Caps and Scroll Lock lights and then turning off after 10 seconds. Then, when it actually turns on, it freezes up after about 10 minutes in Win2000. I think it's a hardware problem. Input? I've called somebody and he says it's most likely the RAM, power, or heat. TIA

Scrat · 09-28-2005, 02:56 PM

Faulty RAM can cause all kinds of problems and may be the cause of yours.

Try cleaning all of the air vents/ports on the laptop using the vacume cleaner to suck out all the dust then,...

If your laptop has more than 1 stick of RAM... remove all sticks but the 1 in the first slot, then try running starting the laptop and see how it runs.
If it doesn't work, then try removing that stick and putting in one of the others into the same position etc etc.

**Lax** · 09-28-2005, 03:08 PM

www.memtest86.com Put it on a disk or CD and run it (it is a bootable disk), see if it gets any errors.
P.s. Could also be the battery/converter.

Chris Chan · 09-28-2005, 09:20 PM

I have only 1 stick of RAM and I will try to find my Memtest disc or burn a new one. I cannot test battery or AC adapter as I do not have a DMM.

Chris Chan · 10-07-2005, 02:28 PM

i ran memtest, froze after 25secs. ideas?

**apj101** · 10-07-2005, 02:39 PM

sounds like problems with your ram, is it still under warrenty? If not pick up some standard cheap ram, or borrow some for the test

**Lax** · 10-07-2005, 08:55 PM

Quote:

i ran memtest, froze after 25secs. ideas?

Could also be a bad CD-ROM drive (as wierd as it may sound). Try removing the CD drive and seeing if it will boot before going out and buying RAM. (Although if it IS the RAM you WILL need to get new RAM anyway).

Chris Chan · 10-10-2005, 09:24 PM

Ok i will start w/o CD drive as it had been wonky even before.

Chris Chan · 10-12-2005, 02:17 PM

Started w/o CD drive in, win2k froze after ~15mins.

09-28-2005, 02:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chris Chan Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Age: 16 Posts: 509	Dell Latitude trouble I'm having trouble with my Dell Latitude CPx (650 cumine, 12GB, 128MB, ATI M1 8MB). Sometimes it refuses to turn on, instead giving me the power and HD lights and the Caps and Scroll Lock lights and then turning off after 10 seconds. Then, when it actually turns on, it freezes up after about 10 minutes in Win2000. I think it's a hardware problem. Input? I've called somebody and he says it's most likely the RAM, power, or heat. TIA

09-28-2005, 02:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Scrat Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 27 Posts: 630	Faulty RAM can cause all kinds of problems and may be the cause of yours. Try cleaning all of the air vents/ports on the laptop using the vacume cleaner to suck out all the dust then,... If your laptop has more than 1 stick of RAM... remove all sticks but the 1 in the first slot, then try running starting the laptop and see how it runs. If it doesn't work, then try removing that stick and putting in one of the others into the same position etc etc. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3500+, GigaByte GA-K8NS Ultra-939 Ltd Ed. ATI Radeon GeCube 256Mb 9600XT, Compro DVB-T300 Dig/Analog TV Card 2x 1GB, 2x 512Mb DDR CL3 400Mhz PC3200 - Dual Channel WD 120Gb SATA 7200rpm 8MB, WD 80Gb SATA 7200rpm 8MB Excel 108Mb Wireless PCI, WinXP Prof. Samsung CD-R/RW 52-32-52, Samsung DVD 16x reader, LG DVD MultiBurner Benq 17" FP71E 12ms LCD, Logitech LX700 K&M, Logitech G25 Racing Wheel, Logitech Z-5400 FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND!! Team 44358

09-28-2005, 03:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lax Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Snow country Age: 22 Posts: 2,301	www.memtest86.com Put it on a disk or CD and run it (it is a bootable disk), see if it gets any errors. P.s. Could also be the battery/converter. __________________ He who controls the present controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.

10-07-2005, 02:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
apj101 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Age: 26 Posts: 9,252	sounds like problems with your ram, is it still under warrenty? If not pick up some standard cheap ram, or borrow some for the test __________________ What did one snow man say to the other? can you smell carrot? The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. How you do anything, is how you do everything!

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09-28-2005, 09:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
Chris Chan Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Age: 16 Posts: 509	I have only 1 stick of RAM and I will try to find my Memtest disc or burn a new one. I cannot test battery or AC adapter as I do not have a DMM.

10-07-2005, 02:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
Chris Chan Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Age: 16 Posts: 509	i ran memtest, froze after 25secs. ideas?

10-10-2005, 09:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
Chris Chan Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Age: 16 Posts: 509	Ok i will start w/o CD drive as it had been wonky even before.

10-12-2005, 02:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
Chris Chan Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Age: 16 Posts: 509	Started w/o CD drive in, win2k froze after ~15mins.