Anyone know what dots on the platter should be still at 33 or 45 rpm, never been told or shown, tried adjusting them manually one day, now i have dips on both pitch controls and its not helping my cause

wow no year told at all. 2006 to present. and not sold in USA.
was car in a collision ?
IN USA THEY BANNED LEFT RIGHT ADJUSTMENTS YEARS AGO
DOT.GOV
but you are not here and what your countries DOT allows or not I do not know.
some cars do allow up and down and is cover in 2 books if allowed
the users manual 2006 (oops not there i just read it for you)
and the service manual. (oops not sold here) USA
next

how do you know theres power to the unit if theirs no strobe light pitch adjuster light & the platter doesn't spin?
the power comes in & to the transformer first,then through the strobe switch, the transformer is what blows when you short the target light out.....i've seen this many a time when people try & change the target lights to blue neon.

Let me start with explaining the basic construction of a Harddrive.

This is what the Dell Inspiron 1545 harddrive looks like on the outside,

1) http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1545/en/SM/hdd.htm#wp1109848

Scroll down to the heading - Removing the Hard Drive
Go down to the second illustration under this heading.
Number 3 points to the Hard Drive.

2) Another look. This time at a basic Harddrive that fits in a laptop computer,

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1455518&CatId=2681

A) See the round shiny disk? This is a Platter.
There may be from 3 to 6 Platters.

Platters resemble CD or DVD disks. They are usually made of metal, or glass. On the Top surface, and Bottom surface they are coated with a magnetic media.

Usually a ferrous substance. (Iron like)

Immediately below the Platter shown, is a Read/Write Head attached to an Actuator Arm.
The Read/Write Head cannot be clearly seen.

The Actuator Arm is the slim triangle shaped part.
(Has three holes in it, and the big end has a round shape in the middle)

There is an Actuator Arm, and Read/Write Head, for the Top surface, and the Bottom surface, of every Platter.

The Read/Write Head does as the name implies. It Reads information off of the Platter, and Write information to it.
{ It arranges the magnetic medium on the Platter, when it is writing to the Platter }

More information on the basic construction of a Harddrive,

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/hard-disk.htm

(6 pages)

The Platters may spin up to 5400, or 7200 Revolutions Per Minute.
(RPM)

The Read/Write Heads are spaced VERY close to the Platters.

(From my understanding, approximately 1/10th the thickness of an average Human hair. An average human hair is 3 thousandths thick.
{ .003 )

Due to the speed of the spinning Platter, and the closeness of the Read/Write Head to the Platter, there is a cushion of air formed in-between the Read/Write Head, and the Platter.

When the computer is not on, the Actuator Arm is in a parked position.
(Seen in the Tigerdirect link)
This means the Read/Write Head is AWAY from the Platter.

When the computer is on however, the Read/Write Head is located right above the Platter.

(Probably to the outside edge, and the Sector/Tracks where the basic Windows Boot files are located)

When you dropped the laptop apparently the Read/Write Head/s wiped off some of the magnetic media on the Platter/s, and damaged the boot sector.

Try this,

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/xlob/dtg/en/software.htm#wp1114294

If to no avail buy another harddrive. Set the laptop so that it's ready to have another harddrive installed, THEN remove the old harddrive, and install the new one.

Keep the old one to install into an inexpensive external enclosure, and copy off all of your personal info,

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3195233&CatId=2783

Then plug it's USB cable into any available USB port, on a working computer.

For additional questions please post in a Comment.

Regards,
joecoolvette

An oldie but goodie! Clean controls(pots) with
some good contact cleaner and see if that
corrects things!

You need to calibrate your pitch control. This requires a small precision screwdriver (similar to something you would repair eye glasses with). If you look under the turntable where the pitch control is you will find 2 small holes, 1 marked 33 and 1 marked 45. Turn the turntable on and set the pitch control lever to zero pitch. While the turntable is spinning insert the screw driver into the pitch calibration hole under the turntable and twist the potentiometer back and forth until the turntable pitch is zero (I believe clockwise is faster, counterclockwise is slower as you look up from the bottom of the turntable). This is a fine tune adjustment and will not require much turning to adjust the speed (1 or 2 mm's) either way should start to bring you into zero pitch. The platter speed can be verified by the little dots on the rim of the platter. They should appear stationary in strobe light on the power switch when you are at zero pitch. When you are adjusting the speed you will observe the dots on the platter rim spinning clockwise and then counterclockwise as you adjust the fine tuning. Fine tune the speed until the dots appear stationary and you will be back to zero pitch. You have to adjust the turntable at both speeds 33 and 45 using the correct fine tuning hole under the turntable. My personal experience is it is easiest to do this with 2 people. 1 person to hold the turntable level and running, while the other adjusts the fine tuning. Hope this helps.

Try changing the platter speed from 33rpm to 45 rpm The menu for this should be in the preset section on the player.... Good Luck

Don't believe this is true. Hard drive platters are made of aluminum, coated with a magnetic material. not platinum.

Hi Mikey. I shure hope you have solved your problem by now, but for everyone else, I woud like to shead some light on this matter. What you need to do is to adjust the auto-return lever that is located between the center of the platter and the tonearm, underneath the plastic cover. To do so, you first need to remove the platter so that can reach the adjustment-screw. 
This is how the lever looks like in my PL-300X and it should look the same for you. I've marked the adjustment-screw that can be reached through a hole under the platter. 


and this is what it looks like with the cover on:


Hope this can solve your or anyone elses problem.  Ciao / Albin

Sounds like your pitch control is about to go bad. I would suggest replacing it. The part can be purchased HERE.

- TERMiNAL OPTiC
www.DJPROLAB.com

You lack the proper tools to calibrate the pitch. Here are is a tutorial on calibrating your unit: http://www.djproaudio.com/cgi-bin/Help/kb.cgi?do=read&id=18&lang=en Also, that decal on the turntable that measures speed, is not an exact science. It's just an indicator to give you an estimate of the speed your turntable is rotating. It's not to be used as an exact measurement. Over time, pitch controls tend to drift from their original settings. Calibrating it back to factory specs might fix the problem, however, there are various other factors which control the drive of these turntables. So, if this does not work, the problem lies somewhere else - usually within 1 of the 3 IC's.