laptop will not start up

[ronss]

Hi all,

During reassembling my Inspiron 9300 (to upgrade the cpu) I did something wrong and now the laptop refuses to turn on. Instead of normal booting when I get the "power on" pressed the power led starts blinking frequently (2.5 blinks a second). Nothing more happens (fans, hard dirive, etc. don't start).

 

[SimonDavies]

Did you try putting the old CPU back in (it could be that it's unsupported or simply needed a firmware update before installing the cpu (as I discovered with a server last week))?

Simon

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[kjv1611]

Do you have a shotgun? If all else fails, that's sure to cure it - or at least make you feel better - momentarily.

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