A few months ago I took my Dell laptop apart for cleaning. I took off the heatsink, took out the CPU (for no reason, I was just curious), applied new thermal paste and then restarted the computer. However, when I restarted it, the computer would not POST. It would show the Dell bootup screen and then get stuck at ~80%. When it got stuck, the CPU fan also stopped. So today I got the idea to take apart the computer and reset CMOS. I took the entire computer apart, took out the CMOS battery (and also replaced it with a different one), and now when I boot up for the first time it tells me:
RTC mode fixed - time & date may be wrong.
This is expected for a computer that lost power. The unexpected thing is that it still gets stuck at ~80% just like before. I thought for sure resetting the CMOS would fix things.
No HDD, CD drive, or any peripherals are connected.
Any help would be appreciated. I am desperate for ideas.
RTC mode fixed - time & date may be wrong.
This is expected for a computer that lost power. The unexpected thing is that it still gets stuck at ~80% just like before. I thought for sure resetting the CMOS would fix things.
No HDD, CD drive, or any peripherals are connected.
Any help would be appreciated. I am desperate for ideas.