Dell Inspiron 2500

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  1. laroc1

    laroc1 Member

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    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
     
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    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?
     
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  4. laroc1

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    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
     
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    Hi,

    If you can get in the bios you could try resstting them or maby a bios update?
     
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    I managed to get the motherboard out of the laptop and remove the battery and tehen reconnect it, but it had no effect.
     
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