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From: Travman on 27 Jul 2010 03:20
Thanks guys for all of your help!! By the way wldnt the hardware "search for
faults" have picked up an inverter problem?



"blues2use" <blues2use(a)nospam.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:06:57 -0700, Bob Villa wrote:
>
>> On Jul 25, 11:40 pm, "Travman" <travmm...(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>> I have a an old Dell Inspiron 8000 that came with that shocking ME on
>>> it. I also have another Dell Inspiron 1520 with xP on it which is only
>>> 2 years old. Can I use the Inspiron 1520 installation operating system
>>> on my 10year old Inspiron 8000? I have all of the inspiron xP drivers
>>> for the 8000 as it came with a promotional xP upgrade package. I want
>>> the full installation though,not the upgrade and that is why I wanna
>>> use my Inspiron 1520 xP operating system disk. What problems do u think
>>> i will have? Many thanks to anybody who can help!
>>> Problem:-My Inspiron 1520 has suddeny started doing this
>>> intermittantly. I power up but the screen stays black. So I have to
>>> hold the button down to turn it off. So I start again! I may have to go
>>> thru this process 3 or 4 times before it starts working perfectly.
>>> Sometimes it starts first go. What could be the problem?Ihave tried
>>> putting ther ram in and out and have removed the battery and held the
>>> power button down to discharge it-same problem.Once I get it started
>>> everything is perfect and it goes like there is/was nothing wrong with
>>> it. Anybody heard of this before? I have run a hardware check on it and
>>> everything is working perfectly.
>>
>> I'm not sure of your other problem...but it may be the inverter going-
>> out for your back-lit display.
>
> I just replaced an inverter in a Dell Latitude...same symptoms...easy fix
> and inexpensive part to buy...here's a link for the steps to take for
> disassembly...it's fairly generic to Dell laptops:
>
> http://www.screentekinc.com/lcd-removal-instructions_en,dell,inst.shtml
>
> HTH


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