On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 14:16, Darksyde <m_alexander61@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On my Vostro 1510 I have encountered a problem. I booted up only to be met with a blank screen and most of the indicators lights on or flashing. As it booted I could hear
> the disk running as normal but then I didn't even get the Dell logo/BIOS menu screen. I've been running Mint 9 and haven't done anything weird to it as far as I know.
> On my other computer I encountered a similar problem running Ubu. It finally came to me that, as the battery was fried, it would lock up when allowed to run out of juice. It is
> possible that the power cord on the Dell came loose last night while I was sleeping and the battery ran down.
> As I write this I'm letting the Dell "run" on battery power until it's dead after which I will plug up and restart. Meanwhile, does anyone have any suggestions in case this doesn't
> work. I've finally gotten my modem up and running again, I have 2 1/2 days off, and I would love to be able to use my other computer.
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark
> P.S. I do have several distro disks including Knoppix 6.3 but how does one boot it if the menu isn't visible?
I'm confused... does it or does it not boot at all? You're blaming
the OS, but then turn around and say that you don't even get the Logo
splash or BIOS menu...
If you don't get those, you have a hardware problem and there is no OS
fix that will help you. Even if you are intermittently able to boot,
but the rest of the time you don't get the BIOS or Dell Splash, you
have hardware problems.
Bad ram, bad planar, bad components, whatever...
You say "As it booted I could hear the disk running as normal but then
I didn't even get the Dell logo/BIOS menu screen." if that's the
case, that system isn't even booting. It's just powering on, pushing
power to the disk and peripherals, and dying. Not an OS issue.
Then you turn around and say "As I write this I'm letting the Dell
"run" on battery power" Does that mean you finally got it to actually
boot? or did you just power it on, listen to it whirr, and never see
the BIOS screen or Dell Logo?
Cheers,
Jeff
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