Can some one help me here. I am try to get a Dell Inspiron 2500 laptop to work again. I am pretty good with desktops but have never done any work with laptops. Are there any known commonfaults with these laptop. The problem that I have is that it boots up just to the post screen and then freezes (there are no unusual beeps). I would guess that this would be a problem with the memory that is installed or the hard drive is corrupted. Before I buy spare parts from ebay can anyone suggest the best way forward
Dell™ Inspiron™ 2500 Systems manual link http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins2500/en/sm_en/index.htm
When it freezes, are there any error messages? If not, what is the last thing it says it did? Also, will it reboot from there with just CTRL+ALT+DEL, or do you have to use the power button?
when it freezes I have to use the power button to reboot, (ctrl-alt delete does not work). On the screen all that come up is Inspiron 2500 bios revision A09 CPU = Intel (R) mobile pentiu (R) III 900MHz 639k system ram passed 125M extended ram passed 256 k cashe sram Passed system bios shaddowed video bios shaddowed UMB upperlimit segment address : E559 mouse initialized fixed disk 0 : 1C25N020ATDA04-4 THAT IS ALL THAT IT DOES
I managed to get the motherboard out of the laptop and remove the battery and tehen reconnect it, but it had no effect.
