Hi guys,
The story so far...
December 2015
Display disappears, all Dell Studios suffer from this after 4-5 years due to GPU overheating.
Baked the MB, I carried on till end of January.
January 2016
Baked a second time, carried on till end of March.
April 2016
The computer will no longer boot, I press the power button, light is blinking and nothing happens.
I got a refurbished MB (Sealed from DELL), replaced it, the computer does not power up, light blinks, either I use the battery or the AC, it blinks and that's it.
I have now the power cable in my hands and I do not see any visual sign of wear, wires are perfectly glued. Also, I use this laptop as a desktop, I rarely close it so I would be surprised to see any sign of wear on the cable.
It's hard to believe the GPU of the refurbished MB to be the issue given that normally the PC would, at least, power on, but in my case is dead.
I also tested a second AC but no go.
I forgot to mention that the battery, once I press the test button gives me 5 lights.
At this point I am puzzled, is the refurbished MB faulty or is it the switch?
Is there any other test I can do?
Thank you guys.
Alex
The story so far...
December 2015
Display disappears, all Dell Studios suffer from this after 4-5 years due to GPU overheating.
Baked the MB, I carried on till end of January.
January 2016
Baked a second time, carried on till end of March.
April 2016
The computer will no longer boot, I press the power button, light is blinking and nothing happens.
I got a refurbished MB (Sealed from DELL), replaced it, the computer does not power up, light blinks, either I use the battery or the AC, it blinks and that's it.
I have now the power cable in my hands and I do not see any visual sign of wear, wires are perfectly glued. Also, I use this laptop as a desktop, I rarely close it so I would be surprised to see any sign of wear on the cable.
It's hard to believe the GPU of the refurbished MB to be the issue given that normally the PC would, at least, power on, but in my case is dead.
I also tested a second AC but no go.
I forgot to mention that the battery, once I press the test button gives me 5 lights.
At this point I am puzzled, is the refurbished MB faulty or is it the switch?
Is there any other test I can do?
Thank you guys.
Alex