DELL LATITUDE D610 - POWER ON Problem

[zcb697]

I've got a Dell Latitude D610 and the POWER ON button does not turn on the laptop. I do have a docking station that when I dock the laptop I can power on the laptop. I can then remove it from the docking station and it works great with the exception of the power on button. It just does not work.

Is the power button on a seperate card or is it part of the motherboard? Has anyone seen this problem and how can it be fixed?

[gingercat328]

Have you figured out anything yet? I have the same problem except I don;t have a docking station. I just bought a refurbished one for my daughter.

[nemowolf]

The power on button should be connected to the motherboard via a pair of wires. If your handy with a soldering iron, you could check the connections and solder them again.

[S3-STS]

Remove the bezel at the top of the keyboard where the power button is. Under it will be a board that has the power button along with the lights for Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock. There should be three screws that hold this board on, one of which will go through the laptop casing/bezel.

Push down on the board just to the right of this screw, and above the large silver screw that holds the processor heat sink on (this does not connect to the power board in any way). The laptop should power on now. When you release pressure, the num lock light should shut off.

The only fix I’ve found that works so far is to add a few small washers to the screw on the right that holds the board on.I don’t know what the cause of this issue is, but I suspect the heat pipes that run under this board are the cause.

[pgoh101]

I have the same problem with my D610, found out that over the year being using it, the connector to the motherboard connecting to the power switch, the soldering has broken off. Fix by re-soldering the legs

[kennjame62]

Hi, I have a similar problem to the one which you explained below, except when I touch the two screws the laptop doesn't go on. Can I replace the power button board on my dell latiude though? I can get a new one, but does it just fit right in and work? Please let me know, and also if there is any way to bypass this switch just to get the laptop on?? I really need it on, but can't.
kennjame62@gmail.com Thanks

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Originally Posted by S3-STS

Remove the bezel at the top of the keyboard where the power button is. Under it will be a board that has the power button along with the lights for Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock. There should be three screws that hold this board on, one of which will go through the laptop casing/bezel.

Push down on the board just to the right of this screw, and above the large silver screw that holds the processor heat sink on (this does not connect to the power board in any way). The laptop should power on now. When you release pressure, the num lock light should shut off.

The only fix I’ve found that works so far is to add a few small washers to the screw on the right that holds the board on.I don’t know what the cause of this issue is, but I suspect the heat pipes that run under this board are the cause.