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    Dead Studio 1537?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by T1ger5, Mar 13, 2009.

  1. T1ger5

    T1ger5 Notebook Enthusiast

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    My Dell Studio 1537 can't boot up.

    No BIOS is display
    No error
    Wi-Fi Catcher doesn't work while off/on
    CD wont eject
    Screen doesn't turn on
    No HDD activity
    The only thing is the media buttons which light up on touch. (but don't work)

    My question are
    Has anyone encountered this before?
    Easiest way to format HDD so the data is unreadable (if it needs repair don't want them looking at my documents)?
     
    T1ger5, Mar 13, 2009
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  2. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    it sounds like your motherboard is toast.

    for format your hard drive, take it out of you laptop and put it in an encloser and just copy and past what you need... and format it like a normal disk drive. (plugging into a internal SATA connecter in a desktop would work too).
     
    yuio, Mar 13, 2009
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  3. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    request an exchange from dell.
     
    Luke1708, Mar 14, 2009
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  4. rafucho

    rafucho Notebook Consultant

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    request immediately an exchange from dell directly
     
    rafucho, Mar 15, 2009
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