Won't come on, if plugged in and battery light

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I suggest removing the battery when plugging it to the wall outlet or are you trying to charge it? I think the one that is spinning is the hard drive reseat it then lets see what happens try to purchase a new hard drive if problem persists. please indicate also the status of the lights on your laptop ill reply with more steps when you've indicated everything

SOURCE: wont stay on part 2

I'm not sure if you are still having the problem with your system ore not, but if you are I'd like to help. Remove the hard drive, CD drive, battery and memory and try starting the system. What should happen is the caps lock and scroll lock lights shoud light up (num lock stays off) to indicate a memory problem (since the memory has been removed). If you get a different combination of lock lights when you try to power it on then either the processor or motherboard is the problem. If you get the memory error try lolita's suggestion: put in one piece of memory at a time to see if you still get the memory error (test each stick individually, once in each memory slot). If you still get the memory error with one stick, no matter which slot its in, that one needs to be replaced. If you get the error with both sticks on one slot, then it is the motherboard. If you are still in warranty, or are not sure if you are, I recommend contacting Dell support. Alternately, you can contact me and I will be more than happy to provide as much help as I can. I can be reached by email at [email protected] (with 'ATTN: Larry' in the subject to ensure it gets to me). Larry Dell Customer Advocate

Toby Lee

• 409 Answers
• Posted on Aug 08, 2009

SOURCE: Dell D600 battery

Sounds like your battery is bad.Some dead cells i tend to think

SOURCE: dell precision m60 press the power button the

You could have a bad peice of memory or a bad memory slot. Pull the memory out and try one peice at a time in each of the two slots. If you only have 1 peice you will need to either borrow a peice of the same memory or buy it. You also could have a shorted battery so pull the battery out if the ram is ok and try to boot. Another idea is the cd rom may have a problem so pull it if the ram and battery are ok. After doing all this if the system will still not boot the motherboard must have a short and needs replacement. This model also had an issue with the power board where the power button is. The connector on the motherboard was poorly designed and very sloppy. Over time it gets worn and causes a similar issue. The temporary cure is to press very hard on the power button to see if it will boot and then leave it running. You can also put pressure on the underneath side around the docking port and press the power button. This issue however requires a new motherboard. The M60 is almost the same as the D800 infact most parts are interchangeable. You could switch out the motherboard to a D800. I refurbish the D600 AND D800'S daily so I am fimilar to this issue. Let me know how you make out. Phil [email protected]