Hardware Analysis - Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

Jackie - — 2008-07-21T13:03:14-05:00

ive had the exact same problem and im getting rlly annoyed now -.- i bought this laptop off E-bay about 2yrs ago. ive only found one way of getting around this problem and its buying a new motherboard -.- which is going to cost around �125.00 which isnt over priced but i wuld prefer to spend less xD either way ive tried everything to get the thing working ive opened up the laptop and took a look at the mother board and everything (making sure not to damage anything) ive bought a new AC adapter still no luck so i guess ill have to get a new mother board and id advice this to any1 else who has tried everything >.< shame rlly... i wount b buying from Dell again thats 4 sure -.-

Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

Conor McN — 2008-07-09T13:02:34-05:00

Removed post here and created new topic instead.

Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

lars kolle — 2008-07-07T19:07:50-05:00

Dear all.

i just bought the Dell 5150 and had it for 2 weeks. now it has this problem

quote from Joe k ( here is a condition that we currently cannot repair. This condition is apparent by noting the activity of the front "status" Power and battery lights. These two lights will flash together every 6 to 7 seconds, this condition is a severe power fault on the motherboard.)

Does anyone know how to repair it??????

i would be most thankfull

Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

brian tib — 2008-07-05T23:37:09-05:00

this has been a great thread to read though it mostly inspires me want to throw this horrible device into a vat of acid.. ;-) Someday soon, I will replace.

My exact problem doesn't seem to be listed here:

I have random screen video freezes, where pointer freezes and keyboard no longer works. I have to force-reboot by holding down the power button.

The weird part is, this only happens AFTER I install SP2. And it is not the hard drive as I replaced it at one point when I was under warranty and it happened before and after. I have a Go Fx 5020 video card which I think is related, as it doesn't freeze in safe mode or when I uninstall the video card drivers.

I recently got hosed with a virus and ended up doing a full reformat to XP Corporate and it was the same deal again: All is well until I update to SP2. I'm currently updated to SP3, actually, and the problem still happens. It can happen when software is open or when nothing is running. It doesn't seem to relate to overheating as it has happened 10 minutes after I power it up for the first time of the day.

I have read something about ROLLING BACK THE PROCESSOR for Inspiron users, but the pages/articles seem to relate to much older models than the 5150, and a slightly different issue..

If anyone has any insight regarding fixing this, or services/processes I should turn off, I'd be forever grateful.

btw, anyone who also has the no_longer_supported go fx 5200 drivers, this page tells you how to upgrade to the newest forceware drivers after editing the inf file (to include your video card) http://fredfred.net/skriker/index.php/geforce-fx-go5200-with-l...ng_pref=en

that advice did not help me though.

Thanks in advance for any insight you have!

Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

mark kahuila — 2008-07-05T05:01:42-05:00

thanks for the response

Thanks
Mark

Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

Laptop Willie — 2008-07-04T12:45:20-05:00

Mark,
If you read this thread, you know that I'm not a fan of Dell. That being said, your problem is most likely a failed hard drive. If you have some type of test software on a CD, you can use that to check it by booting to the CD and running the test software. There are plenty of they on the Internet for free.

Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

mark kahuila — 2008-07-04T06:16:43-05:00

2 days ago my 5150 just froze while I was on the internet, wasnt able to do anything, crtl alt del, nothing would work. I powered off the computer and now it will not boot up at all. I just get a dark screen with a blinking cursor in the top left corner. the fan will still run, the lights go on, and the battery charges. After hitting the power button a few hundred times it might even try to boot up, the windows xp logo will come on the screen but it will freeze. If anyone could help me with this problem I would appreciate it

Thanks
Mark

Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

Sohail Zafar — 2008-04-09T00:09:12-05:00

hey joe..

i hv Dell inspiron 5150 and i left it near to my daughter and she somehow broke/unplug the ac/dc power corde...since then its moving left right up down i dunt know if its repairable cuz if it is den i would rather do it myself cuz u know that laptop doesnt even worth paying a single dollor lemme know if i can open it sum how cuz i tired and i couldnt open instead i just was able tp lid it up a lil bit.

Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

Sohail Zafar — 2008-04-09T00:09:09-05:00

Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

mike cable — 2008-03-12T03:56:38-05:00

my problem was with the CPU, but on mine all 3 lights flashed, I went thru hell with Dell tech but got it fix by them for free and its run great for over a yr now. Good luck

Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

Matt Masters — 2008-03-11T19:03:09-05:00

Good Evening.

I am sorry to bother everyone, I come from the United Kingdom and i own a Dell Inspiron 5150. i bought this as a fix up job as it was not working at the time i bought it. i have noticed the lights on the front of the laptop lights up, when i have the laptop pluged in to the charger the charging light comes up green, when i try to turn the laptop on it doesnt turn on at all all i get is the power light flashes and the charging light stayed on as solid green, if i then take charger out i still get flasging green light but the charging light goes off. i have had a look at the pages before and have noticed some bits mentioned about the board may have a broken bit in it, if this is the case then can someone please give me a detailed description on where this broken section would be, i have had a look but could not see anything obvious. thank you for your help..

Matt

Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

roberto antonio — 2008-03-07T17:10:46-05:00

I'm sorry to tell you, that, in that case, it's better to look for another notebook. Actually, whatever the notebook, those will be better than this awfull Dell computer ...
I send that notebook to hell months ago. During the three years of garanty, this notebook colapsed 3 or 4 times, and all in it has been changed (mother card (2x), monitor (1x), hard disk (1x), CPU (1x), ACDC transformer (1x), DVD (1x)). The last change of the mother board implied that the battery did not work anymore (due to a voltage problem). This happened days before the end of the garanty...so ...

Finally, what is the conclusion of all this : Dell garanty is superbe ... but I, and my Faculty, will never buy a Dell again. Never ...

Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

Chad P — 2008-03-06T22:55:53-05:00

just throw the computer away. they are pieces. i had my 5150 since '03 and the screen hasn't worked since last year. prob the backlight. i'd replace it but the comp overheats all the time even though they replaced the heatsink. good luck

Re: Dell Inspiron 5150 Problem

mike cable — 2008-03-06T18:04:30-05:00

while the computer is on and the screen is black, shine a flashlight at the screen, if you can still see the windows icons and stuff your invertor board or lights in the screen have gone bad.
Most of the time its the invertor board which can be bought on e-bay for a decent price.

Dell Inspiron E1505 Blank Monitor Problem

Georgia Bryant — 2008-03-06T07:56:04-05:00

Well last night my monitor worked on batteries. I used up the whole battery and plugged it in to charge it. When I got home this afternoon it doesn't work on batteries anymore. I get 1 second of the Dell window and that is it. Please help me!!