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    Dell Laptop serious problems.

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by barbs, Jul 10, 2006.

  1. barbs

    barbs Newbie

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    Hi,
    I have a Dell Inspiron 2500 laptop, and have started to have some trouble with it.

    When i boot into windows, it will boot up fine. But when using it for around 10 mins, it will either freeze, LCD turns off or lines go accross the screen. I thought it was an overheating problem becuase the northbridge chip was getting really hot. It didnt even have a heatsink on it. So i put a northbridge heatsink on it (still gets red hot). i have tried reseeting the motherboard and checking for shorts and even flashing the bios to the newest one. Also, once it has crashed, when i try to turn it back on again, nothing appears on the LCD. All what happens is that the power LED turns on.
    Does anyone know what my problem is? I am a student so i dont have hardly no money to spend on it.
    Thanks for all of your time :)