20 Most Recent Dell INSPIRON 6000 CENTRINO 1.7GHZ,512mb,40GB,DVDRW,XP (086216118098) PC Notebook - Page 6 Questions & Answers

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This is going to be a driver glitch. Two things to try are 1- system restore, back to a point you remember both working, and 2- uninstall the video drivers, reboot, and reinstall. The machine should pick it up automatically. Try this and let me know.

Could you elaborate on what problem your have during the upload, and if possible, what and where you're uploading? I should be able to help.

Follow the link bellow, there you will find all drivers and applications for your machine. To get your DVD player to work you will need to download the Sonic Solutions applications. There are five under applications, and one under video, download and install all six, and your DVD drive should work fine.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=INS_PNT_6000&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

check if the ac adapter or charger has a green light on it. if not, replace the charger. for dell chargers, it should have a green light to indicate that the charger is getting power from the wall outlet. if the ac adapter is good, then you might need to replace the mother board as the ac port is integrated.

hope this resolves your problem.

You can find the recovery sequence for your machine at Dell's support site. Bellow is a link to Dell support. Keep in mind that a blue screen indicates an operating system error, and may be caused by a hard drive failure. If this error is due to a hard drive failure the built in automated system recovery will not work, because it's stored on the hard drive.

http://support.dell.com/

Yes, the reinstall will set it back to a factory state. After the install, you will need to go to Dell's support site and download any drivers that the install didn't cover. You can find the needed drivers in the device manager.

If your Dell was built after 6/04, you have a recovery partition. Press Ctrl+F11 on startup to restore the system to the way it was when delivered.
Downloadable pdf manual:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dimc521/en/OM_EN/RP333A00.pdf
See page 56

Try holding the "fn" key and up-down arrow to lighten or darken it.

Battery you'll have to order

You can get Dell Ink at Staples

you are losing video from the motherboard..could be the video chip, yet this sort of thing can happen with laptops.

Check first by connecting it to an external monitor. If you see that it is the same problem in the external monitor then I think there is something wrong with your video card. See if you can re seat the video card.

This issues also come from the cable that connects the LCD with the motherboard. Have you opened the Laptop anytime and moved the cable?

Check these first. It sounds something loose or a something related to video card.

You can get the DVD out by putting a pin into the little hold on the other side of the eject button. Try putting an audio CD into the drive and see if it recognizes it. If it won't see anything and there's no light, it's probably broken and time for a trip to the computer repair shop of your choice.

Can you hear the Windows startup noises but can't hear it?

Does it work plugged into an external monitor? (Any good CRT or flat screen should work.


Be sure to plug in the screen before you turn it on.
If it doesnt output to the LCD automatically you may have to hit FN-F8 to switch to external.

If it works on external monitor you are just dealing with a screen problem of some sort - either a bad inverter or backlight in the LCD most commonly...

Let us know.

Please checked in bios, is your dvd detected ?
if your dvd isnot detected, most of the time is your dvd, sometime it mainboard problem.

Also checked in the device manager, is your dvd there and need driver ?
if yes, you have 2 option, you can reload your OS or you can edit the registry.
follow this step if you want to edit the windows registry:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

Hi,

Did you check all the volume and sound settings in Windows? Have you installed anything lately?

remove battery and use the ac try it then, if that doesn't work remove everything possible cdrom,memory,battery,pc cards and try it again, if still fails try wiggling the ac cord at the input

It is one of three things usually Bad cable at the hinge, Failed inverter board, or failed backlight. Probably inverter. Not to difficult to repair. Check cable first because it is inexpensive and easy. Check the inverter and replace if needed . Sometimes you can buy one used cheap with a bad motherboard and swap the top.

Make Sure wires of moniter is properly plug in , check specially VGA cable  and it can be because of RAM .

 

 

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You might need to change to output setting on your sound card controller to a 2 speaker setup in stead of any other setting that it might be set to and make sure that you plug the jack into the green one. Also, you might want to turn the volume up on the outputs, in case it is set too low.