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Default Dell Inspiron 9100 wont start up!

Hi there, not sure if there is another thread for this?
But anyway, I have a dell inspiron 9100, sometimes it will start up other times it wont, the power light comes on then goes off again?

Could it be a faulty video card, motherboard or a faulty switch??

Please help!!

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Hello Tay! Welcome to PCHF!

We have a fantastic team of techs here as well as a very knowledgeable member community and I am sure we will be able to help you

I will mark your thread as open and someone will be with you as soon as possible, thank you for your patience.

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Thanks very much any kind of help would help!!

Also just wanted to add that, not even the fans are starting and the laptop will still not boot on just battery or power cable!
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hello tay7986
welcome to pchf, have you tried taking the battery out and just using the power adapter?
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Hi there, Yes its still the same? I've tried it vice versa too.
When I take out the battery the same happens and when I just use the battery nothing happens!

Oh and if this helps any, I was doing some research on how to run a diagnostics test and it said that if you couldnt get anything up on screen to press the mute button and the power button, this worked the first time, and said it ws running diagnostics ( I got very excited) and then it just shut itself down again! And now I'm back to square one as I cant get it to boot at all, green flashes on for a second then goes off and nothing, the battery light still indicates that its charging?

Thanks for you help!

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Hi there, Yes its still the same? I've tried it vice versa too.
When I take out the battery the same happens and when I just use the battery nothing happens!

Oh and if this helps any, I was doing some research on how to run a diagnostics test and it said that if you couldnt get anything up on screen to press the mute button and the power button, this worked the first time, and said it ws running diagnostics ( I got very excited) and then it just shut itself down again! And now I'm back to square one as I cant get it to boot at all, green flashes on for a second then goes off and nothing, the battery light still indicates that its charging?

Thanks for you help!
hi
this sounds like a power issue from the nature of the problem,
it would be a good idea to get hold of a friends charger unit or to test that side of things as it may be giving something out, but if its not the correct voltage and amps then that would also give these symptoms,
if you cant borrow one then maybe you could take it to a repair shop and ask them to test it,that would at least eliminate the external power side of it ,
if you press slightly more firmly than usual on the power button is there a difference ?
is the connection jack on the laptop secure and of a firm fit when plugged in ?
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Hi there, Thank you for all your help.

I got somebody to take alook at it for me and they changed the power supply and also cleaned it out with compressed air.

It still giving the same trouble and looks to be hardware problem.

So Im giving up and cutting my losses its years old anyway!

Thanks to everyone!!
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