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Dell Latitude C^$) wont power up

by ellamey Jul 16, 2006 10:52PM PDT

This past weekend, my laptop froze up on me and so I pushed the power button to power it down. I waited a few minutes and then rebooted. It came to the screen about checking the drive, but I just hit enter to get back to work. Well it powered, but when it got to the WINDOWS2000 screen, the display showed all different colors. Again, I powered it down by the power button. I tried it again and it would get to the WINDOWS2000 screen and just sit there. After taking out the battery and pulling the power cord, I again let it rest. I tried it one more time and it would only get to the DELL screen. Now, I can't get it to even power up. Any ideas or suggestions? Dell Latitude C640 running Windows 2000 Pro. Thanks in advance.

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Sounds like it needs repair.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jul 17, 2006 12:11AM PDT

However laptops if they suffer a hardware failure need replacement parts. Since it doesn't power up, you would likely exchange the mainboard and see if that fixed it.

Bob

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