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    Dell Latitude D800...won't BOOT Up!!!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by hmartinp, Feb 13, 2008.

  1. hmartinp

    hmartinp Newbie

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    D800 All-of-a-sudden won't come on: This morning I was using it and copying from a PCCard (PCMCIA) to the HDD, then dismounted the card, removed it, and noticed the cursor stopped moving. So I rebooted and it wouldn't. No sound...just the lights on for about 3 seconds and then off. One time during my attempts to wake it up I did get an ascii screen talking about something connected to the "D-Bay" that had a problem and would not be activated (or some such wording), but when trying to move forward from that screen, got nothing and back to 3 seconds of lights, no sound, and then off and no matter how many times I try to start it I get the same result.

    Three years ago I had a Dell Inspiron 8600 and it had a similar problem and seemed to be a zap through dismounting a device plugged into the USB and had the same result. Had to replace the MB...ugh!!

    Thinking the "D-bay" might refer to the HDD, I removed it and tried rebooting, but no different.

    Anybody have any idea how to fix it?
    Thanks, Marty
     
    hmartinp, Feb 13, 2008
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  2. Robocho

    Robocho Notebook Enthusiast

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    hmmm same type of problem before.. solutions would be nice
     
    Robocho, Feb 13, 2008
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  3. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Any particular sequence of flashing lights?
     
    pixelot, Feb 13, 2008
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  4. hmartinp

    hmartinp Newbie

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    No, just 3 sec of steady light, then dark and no response, no beeping, or anything. :(
     
    hmartinp, Feb 13, 2008
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    psmo290 Notebook Consultant

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    has this ever happed to the d630. I'm thinking about getting this later this year, and I'm just researching possible problems
     
    psmo290, Feb 13, 2008
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    It does sound like something major is shot. :(
     
    pixelot, Feb 13, 2008
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  7. hmartinp

    hmartinp Newbie

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    ...don't know about the D630. One would hope that later versions (compared to mine from 3+yrs ago) would have added safeguards.

    A couple years ago my desktop clone MB died suddenly and I returned it for warranty repair. They never did say what was wrong, but sent me one that had an extra removable circuit board in between the MB and the USB external plugs, so I suspect there was some kind of surge issue they were remedying. But THIS WAS NOT A DELL.
     
    hmartinp, Feb 13, 2008
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