Dell Inspiron 5140 (3.5 yrs old) does not try to boot. The power adapters (I have two - one office, one home) have a green light but no lights light up on the computer when I plug the adapter in. The battery appears dead as well. Any thoughts?
It could be that the ports where you plug in the charger is damaged. if you have an identical or a known good battery that is charged, try to install that and check if it works. you need a motherboard replacement if the system works with a charged battery.
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Thanks for the input. I agree with the diagonosis. If the board is bad, it is time to put it to rest and move on to a new model. I do not have another battery. Do you know how I could find out which terminals are what on the battery. I was thinking of carefully connecting the charger directly to the batery for an hour to give it some juice. I would use an extension chord in order to get some distance in case things go wrong and fire works result. Thanks again.
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