20 Most Recent Dell Inspiron 1100 Notebook - Page 9 Questions & Answers

If this laptop is only a few monthe old, then it should be still under warranty. I suggest you return it to the supplier for repair or replacement under warranty. If you try to repair it, most likely you wil void your warranty.

If you don't have this choice then read the following info.
You most likely have a faulty CCFL lamp or inverter, To determine if you have a LCD screen, inverter or video card problem, read this and follow these instructions.
Defective CCFL backlight, it may have the following symptom: Screen flashs on red/pink and off. Picture stays on in red and slowly be come normal. Picture flickering with dim display or appear black. Picture flickering on and off. All these symptoms indicate that the LCD backlight lamp (CCFL Lamp) has reached the end of the life and all you need to do is replacing the CCFL lamp.
Connect an external monitor to your laptop and power the monitor up first then the laptop, if you see the normal Windows images then the video card and laptop is OK and the problem is definitely the backlight. Dim image and/or dark display on the laptop's LCD screen indicates a faulty LCD backlight and it could be the inverter that supplies high voltage to the CCFL lamp or it is the CCLF lamp is nearly burnt out or burnt out, most likely this is the case.
The inverter can be replaced easily but the CCLF lamp is more time consuming and requires soldering skills.
Check out
www.lcdparts.net
for parts, repair service and DIY info.

you will need to reload windows and it should be fine

depending on the browser you are using, go to tools>internet options and make sure that there are no proxy settings inserted in your browser to connect. removing all previous settings might just help. Also try right clicking on the wireless connection icon go to properties and check in tcp/ip settings if you have entered any settings. if there are any settings, remove them and try connecting to the internet.

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I'm wonder how old you are and why your computer has Parental Control Software. You're not asking us to go over your parents heads and remove something that they put on a computer that they gave you - are you?

Hi,

Can you try this please : Go to start;

• then run
• type in regedit
• go to edit
• then find, in the box type in the name of the program then hit enter key
• it will search every instance of that name in the registry
• make sure the entry relates to that program then hit delete key
• then ok to confirm delete
• then F3 to continue search
• continue deleting,ok,F3 ,untill you reach the end of the registry

it is very important that you make sure you are deleting the correct entries as you can do a lot of damage if you delete something that windows needs ,to be able to boot


Hope this helps

1. The reason it says "error loading operating system" is because kill disk wiped the operating system from off your computer.
2. Now that you have the installation disk, you need to tell the computer to boot from it. For Dells, usually press F12 when the Dell logo appears, and it should bring up a boot menu. Select the optical drive and it should boot. If you do not see a boot menu, go into your computer's BIOS and tell it to look at the optical drive first when booting, then it will boot from the disk.

did you install anti-virus or firewall ? you may want to check if the ports are open.
is it just access to the internet or do you also have a local area network connection problem? Can you see/access other pcs on the network? If so, the problem may be in the router and not the pc

u have 2 options,,
1. try and find the bios updates, then upgrade the bios,, it will turn on..
2. this option is little risky,,, but i sure it will fix your problum, Open the skrews with care, and when u open it, then u will find a "Litium Battery" inside it, take off it and again after 2 or 3 minuits put it at the same side and position.
good luck
shafky

I would hook it to an external monitor first to see if the screen is blown.
If it comes on, keep pushing F12 to get the diagnostic screen.
Run a complete test, it will give you error numbers.

so to bios setup and go to boot, and change the boot order of your drives, dvd/cd rom, and hard drive changer the boot order to hard drive and escape enter and save exit and reboot
that should resolve the problem

hi, you say the screen has lines in it after we got it going, but the picture on the screen is visable? ok i have seen this before. the screen is conected to the board but there are wires that go through the hinged part of the notebook, so opening and close action can wear it out, or just get pulled loose. do this! whilethe unit is on slowly move the screen in a open close action. watch the screen and see if it does anything. if you need further help with this, reply. good luck, once more. hope this is helpful.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO START UR UNIT IN SAFE MODE U NEED TO TURN IT OFF THEN START IT UP WHILE PRESSING ON NOT SURE IF ITS F8 OR F12 BUT WHEN IT COMES UP SELECT SAFE MODE U SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO INTO UR UNIT UNDER ADMINISTRATOR GO TO THE USER ACCOUNTS IN CONTROL PANEL THEN JUST SELECT THE ACOUNT WITH THE PASSWORD AND DELETE IT AND THE RESTART UR UNIT AND U SHOULD BE DONE
LET ME KNOW HOW IT GOES
PS SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS DIDNT REALIZE TILL KNOW JUST DON'T WANT TO TYPE ALL AGAIN

I found a setting in the bios, for me it is called "compensation" when enabled it stretches the bios screen. Chck if you have a similar stretch option for your laptop video?

turn onthe popup blocker options under internet options.

You could have incompatible RAM modules, try inserting only one RAM module to see if it works.
Check your laptop specs it may only support 1Gb.

If you hear the hard drive spinning and you think Windows is working but you can't see an image then :-
You could have a defective screen - a defective inverter or a CCFL lamp or simply the video cable needs reseating. After reseating the video cable and the problem is still there then :-
To determine if you have a LCD screen or video card problem, read this and follow the instructions.

Defective CCFL backlight, it may have the following symptom:

• Screen flashs on red/pink and off.
• Picture stays on in red and slowly be come normal.
• Picture flickering with dim display or appear black.
• Picture flickering on and off.

All these symptoms indicate that the LCD backlight lamp (CCFL Lamp) has reached the end of the life and all you need to do is replacing the CCFL lamp

Connect an external monitor to your laptop and power it up, if you see the normal Windows images then the video card and laptop is OK and the problem is definitely the backlight.

Dim image and/or dark display on the laptop's LCD screen indicates a faulty LCD backlight and it could be the inverter that supplies high voltage to the CCFL lamp or it is the CCLF lamp is nearly burnt out or burnt out, most likely this is the case.
The inverter can be replaced easily but the CCLF lamp is more time consuming and requires soldering skills.
Check out www.lcdparts.net for parts, repair service and DIY info.

Dell problem is right. Try these two things. Reset your video card, and your memory this should work if it doesnt then replace the video card. If this helped please rate thank you.

Hi I am Vortash It sounds like your graphics driver has become corrupt restore may be an option however it may be better to reinstall the graphic card drivers .. uninstall the monitor first from your Device manager screen by selecting ..Control Panel .. and then device manager if in vista
and if in xp control panel...system .. device manager .. click on the display and uninstall ... click on display adapter and uninstall .. turn off and reboot place whatever disk in the cd the installation wiz ask's for and let the system do the rest. follow the same proceadure and install the next device then reboot and see if that has cured your problem if not there may be the chance your set has had a knock and the LCD has been damaged ... hope this helps Regards Vortash