Dell Inspiron 2500 problem  | | | 
May 5th, 2005, 12:47 AM
|
#1 (permalink)
| | Member
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Land O Lakes
Posts: 58
|  Dell Inspiron 2500 problem
I am trying to fix my buddies Inspiron 2500 and during windows reinstallation the screen started to flicker...exactly like if you were to put your monitor up to a resolution it couldn't handle. I turned it off and it keeps on doing it when i turn it back on. Can anyone tell me how to make it run normal again??!!! Do you think maybe a connection or something got loose...the installation is xp and it was at the last 23min left (after being there for like 45min)
__________________
Max
| 
|  | |
May 5th, 2005, 12:51 AM
|
#2 (permalink)
| | Ultimate Member
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 10,821
|
did you let it keep installing or did you stop it while installing??
I think it is normal for it to flicker etc when it gets to a certain point of the install...
if I were you I would boot from the cd again and try to reinstall windows again
__________________
"Even a fool is thought to be wise if he is silent"
| |
| | |
May 5th, 2005, 12:57 AM
|
#3 (permalink)
| | Member
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Land O Lakes
Posts: 58
|
it started the flickering and i hit the power button for 6 sec until it shut down, when i turn it on it flickers, and then the screen is unreadable, it is all blue and has a stripe with black lines going down it perpendicularly..... hope it's not fried, that would really really not make my day lol | |
| | |
May 5th, 2005, 12:59 AM
|
#4 (permalink)
| | Ultimate Member
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 10,821
|
what about safe mode?
what about if you boot from the cd? | |
| | |
May 5th, 2005, 01:02 AM
|
#5 (permalink)
| | Member
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Land O Lakes
Posts: 58
|
can't even get to it, the screen is flickering, although when i hook it up to an external monitor you can see the screen on the monitor, but still blue and flickering on the lcd | |
| | |
May 5th, 2005, 01:19 AM
|
#6 (permalink)
| | Ultimate Member
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 10,821
|
dunno dude..sounds bad....have you checked dells site and/or google for any related issues?
is it under warranty? lol
JP | |
| | |
May 5th, 2005, 04:12 PM
|
#7 (permalink)
| | Member
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Land O Lakes
Posts: 58
|
lol i doubt it, i took the lcd out and when you move the connector the image comes back, but the install still takes forever, it like gets stuck on 39min now, any ideas? | |
| | |
May 5th, 2005, 04:32 PM
|
#8 (permalink)
| | Ultimate Member
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 10,821
|
well I was going to suggest to check the connector....but I am not sure about the stalling install...if you havent tried it already I would for sure take out any pc cards etc while installing | |
| | |
May 5th, 2005, 11:24 PM
|
#9 (permalink)
| | Member
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Land O Lakes
Posts: 58
|
all pc cards are out, and even again.....it still stalled, this is after 3 times of trying, i think that the cdrom might be a little old... i've had this problem on older cdroms, they just lock up for some reason....although it is past the copying part, do you think maybe a virus could be causing this? or maybe bad ram? | |
| | |
May 5th, 2005, 11:28 PM
|
#10 (permalink)
| | Ultimate Member
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 10,821
|
hard to say..and its harder with laptops since it is harder to switch parts etc
you can check the ram with something like memtest86 it makes a boot up floppy and you let it run overnight | |
| | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | | | Most Active Discussions  | | | | |   Recent Discussions  | | | | |
 |
hardware
prices 
