Hello everyone,
We have this laptop that is a Dell Inspiron 5520 that fails to boot for the most part. That is, we would attempt to boot the machine via power button and the quick launch buttons on the keyboard would light up in a sequence (the laptop should beep on POST error; this is not an error code...these always light up like this when booting.) After a few seconds the machine will shut off. Typically it takes a few tries (sometimes 5-6 other times many more) attempts at booting where the system actually completely start up properly.
I am convinced there is a problem with the motherboard but wanted more input and ideas that we can try and look into. Thanks for any and all suggestions. Please note the machine is not currently under warranty and runs Windows 8 on x64.
We have this laptop that is a Dell Inspiron 5520 that fails to boot for the most part. That is, we would attempt to boot the machine via power button and the quick launch buttons on the keyboard would light up in a sequence (the laptop should beep on POST error; this is not an error code...these always light up like this when booting.) After a few seconds the machine will shut off. Typically it takes a few tries (sometimes 5-6 other times many more) attempts at booting where the system actually completely start up properly.
I am convinced there is a problem with the motherboard but wanted more input and ideas that we can try and look into. Thanks for any and all suggestions. Please note the machine is not currently under warranty and runs Windows 8 on x64.