Laptop is,nt booting?

Question

hi iv a dell 1105 that was overheating and knocking off so cleaned out the heat sink fan with areo duster and cleaned and put on new silicone compound it will power on but nothings happening like its not booting help please

Answer 1

Try this, in that order;

Unplug the power cable

take the battery out

push the power button to turn it on but without the power cable or battery, this will drain any bad power if that is the reason.

put the battery back, put the power cable back and turn it on.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Kofax is right except hold the power switch down for 20 sec. And yes it's the mobo that's going or already gone. l had the same problem with my Acer. The darn thing played with me for about a mo until none of the fixes worked. Still can't figure out why it hung on for so long. lt should have just quit. lt would come on, the fan would start, the lights would flicker on the dvd dr and then nothing. No Not My Mobo, Yep.  Here's an idea that you might want to try. lf you get it started think about leaving it running when you go to bed put it on standby not hibernation. l don't know how long it'll run before it totally cooks it but if you shut it off it maynot ever start again.RR

Answer 3

that happened to me... i sent it in to get fixed and they told me it was my hard drive... and i completely fried my motherboard... not sayin that is is but just possibilities