Dell c800 won't start

Is it set to run disc or hard drive 1st?
if reinstalling windows it needs to boot up from cd drive 1st and this will automatic copy to new garden drive, after that change bios to boot up from hard drive.

Dear Sir,

Please Reinstal Windows Once. If the same problem returns. change the RAM once.

Thank you,

powersource is good.motherboard might be the problem.harddrive can be tested by putting it in
another computer and see if it boot up.to test the mother board unhook the cd drives and harddrive.turn
on the computer and see if the gateway logo comes on.if it still does the the samething with everything unhooked
then it might be the bios.you might have to flash the bios and reinstall it.to do this i recommend you take it to a
shop.if the comp runs with everything still unpluged and stops then you know that you have a wrong
setting on the harddrive or cd drive.if you got two of anything make sure that you have a slave or master.if you nned me to
write a guide email me at [email protected] or if you got anymore questions.

I got desktop rebooting that was solved by memory replacement, you have to determine what worked prior to the error and revert any change to another method

Does this happen with both the power plugged and running on battery?
Check the power modes, because the screen intensity is one of the power saving settings.

Jules

sounds like your hard drive is not performing to specs. is this a new device, or something older?

Hi,

Pls try:
1. When the Dell logo screen appears press the F2 key to enter the BIOS?COMS; or
2. There are some Dell Latitude that uses Fn + F1 (while booted).

Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.

Good luck and kind regards.

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It shouldn't be the Dell Latitude C800 Battery problem,it maybe the KEY Broad or the OS itselves problem.

Hello I am having the same problem. I have two batteries neither of which are detected even at full charge. My laptop only runs when its plugged in. My bios appears just as you said it remains stuck on the first page. This happened after my machine shut itself off i think due to overheating. I have done many upgrades and it has run great for over a year now. I have a much larger processor than my motherboard was meant for but it still ran with it in. Have you made any changes to your laptop recently? This happened to me right after i replaced the harddrive. Please let me know if you have fixed the problem thanks!

sorry to say,but please re-install your operating or repair your windows from windows 2000 cd system.to ensure problem do not persist download trial version of the software IOLO SYSTEM MECHANIC or some other registry repair software and run it on your pc.