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that is either a dead pixel or a failing horizontal filter. it is caused by hardware faults. nothing you can do to prevent it.

partition magic should show the hard drives if not then it has more likely failed.

it can be fixed, most things made by man can be fixed. that is if not too old and no parts sold on earth. happens. any old PC of any kind, the maker has no parts. (mechanical) after maybe 3 short years, (sux yes) leaving only one place. fleabay.com ever see them?> find a new base with no hinge mounts wrecked is the only way, no its broken lots of laptop fail like this, its only cheap plastic base. if its forced to hard or lid closed with objects in the way the cheap plastic mounts snap, it needs new bottom case.

old post. PC is 16 years old today, (junk and not worth $10 used) 1: run it on line power only main battery out. now. runs now,yhes, then the battery was shorted, get new one. or run on AC only for ever. 2: RTC coin cell is dead, buy a new one and put it in. no RTC COIN lasted 16 years, not a single one, impossible!!! so get rid of this old coin cell., buy a new one, spend $2 3: Now the CPU fan works, and stays on, in some BIOS you can check a box say fan is always , on do so and now it only changes speed. if the fan is dead still then it may be bad. this old easy. 4: CPU overheat, I have never seen any CPU to heatsink thermal compound last for 16 years, (mine does but not yours) I use very top quality thermal grease (compound, no aging) ask. 5: The Power pack can be bad. (if PC dead with main battery out the pack can in fact be just bad. 6: is the screen 100% black at all times? no text ever? most PC this old the CCLF back lamps are dead. that is why most PC this old are worth nothing until year 2010 made. a fact. get a newer PC with LED back lamps. ask for advice on this, have lots. My posts can be all wrong ,after all I can not watch your screen and do simple tests. but the fan dead is very very serious matter. I even strip off all modules in the Laptop, to prove there are no shorted modules in the PC. shorts cause power to shut of. BY DESIGN.

Go on ebay and buy a new inverter for less than $10. Go on youtube to see how to replace the dell inspiron 1526 lcd inverter or the dell inspiron 1526 lcd screen. I put the lcd screen on because sometimes the problem might be your screen. If things don't work after installing the new inverter board, then buy a new lcd screen off ebay. The inverter board and screen are easy to install. Just go on youtube.com to find a video that walks you through it. The inverter sits at the bottom of the lcd screen. Some are screwed on, some are welded onto the screen, some are held by a small piece of tape. Even if you have to pry the old one off, just put the new on on held by a small piece of tape. 10results for Dell Inspiron 1526 inverter board

well that is catastrophic failure. have the motherboard replaced.

Might have to replace your screen, or it might be an issue with your graphics card.

PC to that, you left out what you are doing. and what in the world uses 1983 640x48 relic resolutions? what?\ Dell M5030 but what OS is there windows what? this dell is 8 year old right? this dell came with windows 7 , dell tells me , new is it still w7 if not do tell what it is now? im reading your manual no online , it has no HDMI port so you must be using and adapter from the VGA port to some NONE DELL adaptor (VGA > HDMI) unstated by you, so find who made that adapter and get help from the maker, of that.

problem is the win xp operating system There are no drivers for what you want and the win xp has not been supported for a long time In fact for so long that win 7 is now in the same boat

Just do a "system restore" . If you don't know where it is, just do a search in your programs and files.

seen where? jessica what PC, what Operating system why hyjack 2014 year post, why not post your PC your OS and your symptoms, and not just a number. here first google hit, ever like google first.? says fan is not blowing so clean the fan and vents, all PC pack full of lent never services ever, all do. clean it out. using blown AIR. (shop air or can-o-air sold at walfart)

You maybe have clean up your Dell inspiron 1721 and maybe your unit or processor were overheated during burning. First, clean up by removing a dust from the unit by blowing air. Sometimes even by mouth with several times enough. Second maybe necessary to clean up your operating system by removing unnecessary programs from autoloading when a computer starts. This will increase volume of computer memory. You can use program CCleaner free version.

Go to your Device Drivers and open the listing of devices. Select each line by line and hit UPDATE Drivers. If the drivers are current, it will just say so, if the drivers need to updated, the operating system will update to the new or current drivers for that device. Once that has been done, you should be connecting OK.

You might be able to change brightness by holding the Fn key plus the brightness up/down key. Look for the two with the sun shape with the up down arrow.

Quick power off means a hardware fault. Remove the memory sticks and boot the laptop. If you get an error message, the memory sticks are bad. Replace them. If it still doesn't boot to BIOS, your motherboard has failed and needs to be replaced. It can't be "repaired" cost-effectively. And since the Inspiron C840 is a very old laptop, probably not worth fixing. You CAN get your data off the hard drive by slaving it to another computer. Google " hooking up an external hard drive".

You may need to reset the browser, run adaware, or superantispyware or other malware to get rid of it. Here are some search results: https://www.google.com/search?q=remove+ask+from+browser&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-ab

try this online web cam test https://www.onlinemictest.com/webcam-test/ also check device mgr to be sure web cam is functional with drivers

First, check to see there is no physical damage around the charging port, then if you have a AVO meter, check that the charging cord is actually putting out a current; then go to the BIOS and look inside. if you see Adapter , Unknown device installed, that is your answer - it isn't a Dell charger. Now go to https://www.dell.com/community/General/Dell-Inspiron-1525-new-battery-not-charging-in-BIOS-showing/m-p/4709466 If that message is not there 1. Ensure that the battery is securely in the laptop and that none of the pins on the computer or battery are dirty. 2. Consider that there was nothing wrong with the old battery but the circuit on the motherboard that controls the charging is faulty - there is usually one chip that is at fault in this case. 3. The new battery is completely discharged: does the battery show signs of life when used without the charging cable? If it does, this is not the problem

Some computers will work with overclocking. It is done in the BIOS HOWEVER....it causes quite a bit of heat in your processor and can destroy your processor. Go into your BIOS and look for overclocking or clock velocity or speed. Keep in mind...if this can be done...you are going to exponentially shorten your laptop life and if you extreme overclock it.... probably lock up or brick your machine. Semper Fi, Z

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