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Bios password is only a password to get into the ( bios ) configuration setup when your computer is starting up... press no keys on your keyboard and it wont ask you for a password.. to enter the configuration page for advanced settings on your pc.

When you plug in the power cord is there any lightswhatsoever on the laptop, where the plug goes in or on the AC Adapter of thepower cord?When you press the power button do you hear fans running, hard drive spinning,lights on the computer, hear any beeps or lights constantly blinking, hear theDvD/CD drive click and the light on the drawer of the DvD/CD turn on for asecond or two? If so the laptop is trying to boot or may have booted, butthe screen is not showing for some reason.Beep tones and blinking lights tells the technicians what is going on with thelaptop and why it is not booting. Most times it's a motherboard issuewhen you hear beeps or blinking lights continuous. Most times the problemis with the memory or Video Card. Count the Blinking Lights or Beeps and takenote of their pattern (1 Long or 1 Long followed by 2 Short).Maybe your power cord is bad if you don't get anything to happen whatsoeverwhen you press the power button. And if that's true maybe you wasoperating off the battery the last time you had it on and since the power cordis bad, it was not charging the battery so the battery is drained and the powercord is bad.Maybe you have a Static Charge Buildup. Remove the Power Cord, Remove theBattery, then Press and Hold the power button for 30seconds. After 30 seconds plug the power cord back in (leave the batteryout) and hit the power button to see if it boots. If it does, you can putthe battery back in and let it charge.Maybe your DC Power Jack which is where the power cord plugsinto the computer is bad. Take an ink pen and push the tip inside thejack and see if the little pin wiggles, if so the jack is bad. You'll have totake the laptop apart to fix it. Most times it is soldered onto themotherboard, so you will have to desolder the old and solder a new one.Maybe your memory is bad or the memory slot is bad.Remove the Power Cord, Open the Case and remove one of thememory chips. Set the chip aside then try rebooting the computer. If it boots, then you know the memory chip you set aside is bad so mark an x onit with an ink pen. If it fails to boot then move the chip to the nextmemory slot and try rebooting. If it fails take the chip out and set itaside, then put the other chip in and try booting it in both slots. If itboots, just to verify that the chip set aside is bad, mark an x on it and putit into the open memory chip slot and try booting.

Try downloading the drivers using the service tag.DellYou can download the device drivers from Dell WEB site,the support download page. Make sure you select your model desktop or laptop,better still, type in the Service Tag number, it is printed on the label on thebottom of the laptop and on the back or sides of a desktop. (If the Service Taglabel is missing then go into the BIOS setting and on one of the BIOS pages,the Service Tag number will be displayed). This will open the page where thespecific drivers for your model computer are located. Also make sure you selectthe Windows of the drivers for your Windows operating system. Click on thislink to download the drivers: - http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen

click start control panel administrative tools computer management device manager scroll down universal serial bus controllers you could see a yellow question / exclamation mark? ! or a red X

you will need to update/reinstall drivers

right click to reinstall drivers

if you can see your usb drive but its not working

ports (com&lpt) right click update driver if this fails to fix the problem

check the USB leads that attach to the motherboard usually red white green black make sure they are securely seated and have no dust build up on them dust will cause static and a lot of unforeseen problems to a computer and its parts hope this helps you

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test all leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions,IDE,SATA

the leads from your ((motherboard to your hard drive)) make sure they have a secure connection and are not faulty or just replace them they could be faulty make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd have secure connections and are not faulty or just replace them they could be faulty ?

make sure the CPU central processing unit has thermal grease and a dust free secure seating

even something as small as an electrical extension or a faulty fan lead can cause this problem follow the troubleshooting procedure a computer needs all of the data and electrical current to travel through every working device and to have an end for a computer to be able work properly

motherboard and a hard drive any leads between them will fail before your motherboard or your hard drive check all electrical extensions make sure they are securely seated even the cd/dvd drives need to have current go through make sure these devices are working

the beep might be ram check your computer ram and cmos battery to make sure they are securely seated and the battery has plenty of chargesome motherboards cmos batteries are soldered inhope this helps

meaning standby.

May be a problem with the signal of your graphic card, or your pc it's in standby mode/suspension.Pay atention when you switch on the pc, if you listen any "beep" from the tower. There is a beep code table wich tells you what's your problem: RAM memory, graphic card, motherboard...

If the Bootmgr is missing then you will need to find either your original Windows installation disc or a Recovery disc in order to resolve this problem.If you have one of the above discs, then boot from it and then take the recovery options which are provided.See the Microsoft Help & Support page for details of the Recovery options provided for Windows 7.See the Microsoft page for details of Vista Startup Repair

A free program called SIW windows will show you your present key by starting it then going to the License Option on the left side of the screen. The program also tells you everything else you need to know and then some. Here is a download link for SIW from Cnet.http://download.cnet.com/SIW/3000-2094_4-10326678.html Hope it helps. Dale

You are lucky, it is a small replaceable circuit board. Remove it and test it. https://www.google.com/search?q=dell+11+pro+5130+on+off+switch+replacement ..

Check out Big Fish Games. It is a subscription service but they have all types of games including adventure and hidden object. You can also tryp Pogo since they have both a fee and subscription service. Last, but not least, you can try one of your local computer stores or the electronics section of "big box" stores like Target, Walmart, Kmart, etc.

It is too old, plus XP is a virus magnet and has been unsupported by Microsoft for nearly 15 years. Mainstream support for Windows XP ended on April 14, 2009. Windows 7 and 8 have passed you by, Windows 10 is current and Windows 11 awaits. https://www.google.com/search?q=Dell+Latitude+won%27t+connect+to+internet.+Windows+XP ..

Make sure the second HDD is formatted GPT otherwise it won't work.

Amazon, or if you only want the main lead, Walmart.

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I would try another power supply and plug that in.

Try replacing the BIOS battery for access to the computer.