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    Dell Studio1555 won't start up

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Yuber, May 1, 2012.

  1. Yuber

    Yuber Newbie

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    My Dell Studio 1555, which is 3 years old, went berserk couple of days ago. When I start it up, screen is black and it starts beeping randomly. When I pressed F12 it beeped 6 times in regular pattern. After a little research, I found out that this 6 beeps are code for Video Card Failure (my card is ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 512 MB). I disassembled my laptop in search for something unusual, all I found was that one side of CMOS battery socket broke off the mother board. My question is - does this broken socket can cause this video card problem problem? If not, how can I find out what failed with my graphic card?
     
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  2. dave-p

    dave-p Notebook Deity

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    Was the CMOS battery still in place ?

    I am also wondering what damage the lose metal clip could have done to your motherboard assy if it managed to short things out.

    was the laptop dropped ?
     
    dave-p, May 2, 2012
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