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    Dell Inspiron 17r se

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bthizle1, Jun 12, 2016.

  1. bthizle1

    bthizle1 Notebook Consultant

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    I have a Dell Inspiron 17r se that's not posting. At first it would give 4 beeps with fan on high and turn on and off (signaling something wrong with memory). So I took out one of the sticks of RAM and it stopped. However it still would not post and the fan would be on high. I even tried using two completely different RAM sticks and it didn't work. Could this be a motherboard problem, GPU? Have been considering trying a reflow via the oven.....

    I've tried reconnecting everything as well.
     
    bthizle1, Jun 12, 2016
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    CaerCadarn Notebook Deity

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    Did you try one of the sticks in both Slots? Maybe one is faulty, the other one might be still okay.

    Otherwise take out the battery, make a full power drain by pressing the Powerbutton for a Minute and remove the CMOS (penny sized battery on the mobo) for a minute too, to set the Bios back to Default.

    If this doesn't help then most likely the mobo is dead. Let me know how it went.
     
    CaerCadarn, Jun 23, 2016
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