Studio 1535 no boot
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From: Mike Marquis on 26 Apr 2010 22:55 Tried to post this last night but it didn't take. My wife's Studio 1535 would not recover from sleep so I held the power button till it shut down. Then it would not boot. The lights above the keyboard scanned through their normal sequence and the HD light blinked on briefly----then nothing further happened. Swapped HD and same symptoms. Removed battery and tried external power same problem. Put her HD in a spare (?) Studio and it booted up fine. Cannot even get to the BIOS. Any clever ideas to try, or is my MB/PS fried (no flashing status lights anywhere that I can see) Mike
From: Christopher Muto on 26 Apr 2010 23:14 Mike Marquis wrote: > Tried to post this last night but it didn't take. > > My wife's Studio 1535 would not recover from sleep so I held the power > button till it shut down. Then it would not boot. The lights above the > keyboard scanned through their normal sequence and the HD light blinked > on briefly----then nothing further happened. Swapped HD and same > symptoms. Removed battery and tried external power same problem. Put her > HD in a spare (?) Studio and it booted up fine. > > Cannot even get to the BIOS. > > Any clever ideas to try, or is my MB/PS fried (no flashing status lights > anywhere that I can see) > > Mike try removing and replacing the memory. disconnect from power, remove battery, then hold power down for 10 seconds to discharge any residual power from the system... and follow these instructons: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/1535/en/SM/memory.htm#wp1180987 complete service manual found here: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/1535/en/SM/index.htm reference guide (which includes error codes) found here: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/1535/en/QRG/F434CA00MR.pdf
From: Mike Marquis on 26 Apr 2010 23:18 Thanks Christopher. I hadn't tried removing the memory yet. I'll let you know if it works. Mike "Christopher Muto" <muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:boSdnWOCYcE_y0vWnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d(a)speakeasy.net... > Mike Marquis wrote: >> Tried to post this last night but it didn't take. >> >> My wife's Studio 1535 would not recover from sleep so I held the power >> button till it shut down. Then it would not boot. The lights above the >> keyboard scanned through their normal sequence and the HD light blinked >> on briefly----then nothing further happened. Swapped HD and same >> symptoms. Removed battery and tried external power same problem. Put her >> HD in a spare (?) Studio and it booted up fine. >> >> Cannot even get to the BIOS. >> >> Any clever ideas to try, or is my MB/PS fried (no flashing status lights >> anywhere that I can see) >> >> Mike > > try removing and replacing the memory. > disconnect from power, remove battery, then hold power down for 10 seconds > to discharge any residual power from the system... > and follow these instructons: > http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/1535/en/SM/memory.htm#wp1180987 > > complete service manual found here: > http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/1535/en/SM/index.htm > > reference guide (which includes error codes) found here: > http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/1535/en/QRG/F434CA00MR.pdf
From: Mike Marquis on 26 Apr 2010 23:52 Thanks for trying no help, Christopher. I removed the memory and swapped the modules. Held down the power button without the battery installed. I now notice some status lights illuminated above the keyboard (the mute light and volume up light are steady and the the volume down lamp flashes) but there are no mention of them in either doc you referenced (thank you for the links). I also popped the CMOS battery and put it back in. If you have any other ideas I would be glad to give it a shot. Mike "Mike Marquis" <mike-marquis(a)tx.rr.com> wrote in message news:hr5l1h$g17$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Thanks Christopher. > > I hadn't tried removing the memory yet. I'll let you know if it works. > > Mike > > "Christopher Muto" <muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote in message > news:boSdnWOCYcE_y0vWnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d(a)speakeasy.net... >> Mike Marquis wrote: >>> Tried to post this last night but it didn't take. >>> >>> My wife's Studio 1535 would not recover from sleep so I held the power >>> button till it shut down. Then it would not boot. The lights above the >>> keyboard scanned through their normal sequence and the HD light blinked >>> on briefly----then nothing further happened. Swapped HD and same >>> symptoms. Removed battery and tried external power same problem. Put her >>> HD in a spare (?) Studio and it booted up fine. >>> >>> Cannot even get to the BIOS. >>> >>> Any clever ideas to try, or is my MB/PS fried (no flashing status lights >>> anywhere that I can see) >>> >>> Mike >> >> try removing and replacing the memory. >> disconnect from power, remove battery, then hold power down for 10 >> seconds to discharge any residual power from the system... >> and follow these instructons: >> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/1535/en/SM/memory.htm#wp1180987 >> >> complete service manual found here: >> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/1535/en/SM/index.htm >> >> reference guide (which includes error codes) found here: >> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/1535/en/QRG/F434CA00MR.pdf >
From: Christopher Muto on 27 Apr 2010 10:34 Mike Marquis wrote: > Thanks for trying no help, Christopher. > > I removed the memory and swapped the modules. Held down the power button > without the battery installed. I now notice some status lights > illuminated above the keyboard (the mute light and volume up light are > steady and the the volume down lamp flashes) but there are no mention of > them in either doc you referenced (thank you for the links). I also > popped the CMOS battery and put it back in. > > If you have any other ideas I would be glad to give it a shot. > > Mike > > "Mike Marquis" <mike-marquis(a)tx.rr.com> wrote in message > news:hr5l1h$g17$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Thanks Christopher. >> >> I hadn't tried removing the memory yet. I'll let you know if it works. >> >> Mike >> >> "Christopher Muto" <muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote in message >> news:boSdnWOCYcE_y0vWnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d(a)speakeasy.net... >>> Mike Marquis wrote: >>>> Tried to post this last night but it didn't take. >>>> >>>> My wife's Studio 1535 would not recover from sleep so I held the >>>> power button till it shut down. Then it would not boot. The lights >>>> above the keyboard scanned through their normal sequence and the HD >>>> light blinked on briefly----then nothing further happened. Swapped >>>> HD and same symptoms. Removed battery and tried external power same >>>> problem. Put her HD in a spare (?) Studio and it booted up fine. >>>> >>>> Cannot even get to the BIOS. >>>> >>>> Any clever ideas to try, or is my MB/PS fried (no flashing status >>>> lights anywhere that I can see) >>>> >>>> Mike >>> >>> try removing and replacing the memory. >>> disconnect from power, remove battery, then hold power down for 10 >>> seconds to discharge any residual power from the system... >>> and follow these instructons: >>> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/1535/en/SM/memory.htm#wp1180987 >>> >>> >>> complete service manual found here: >>> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/1535/en/SM/index.htm >>> >>> reference guide (which includes error codes) found here: >>> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/1535/en/QRG/F434CA00MR.pdf >> are you refering to the caps lock, numb lock and scrol lock lights ("a", "9", "arrow") indicating steady, steady, and flashing. not sure what that means. here is a list of error codes from those lights from another system: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/vos1520/en/SM/diags.htm
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