Soldato
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- 5 Dec 2010
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Hi Chaps,
I've been trying to revive a Dell inspiron 1545 and am about to throw in the towel, but want to check if anyone has any suggestions.
What happens is when the power button is pressed, the fans start to spin up and then stop after a couple of seconds and I get a beep code of two short beeps. Googling this, its a very common occurance with this laptop and the concensus is its either the ram or the motherboard.
I've tried known working ram from another laptop, and also a brand new 1gb stick and tried these one at a time in the different slots. This would indicate that the MB was at fault. I bought a replacement MB though (sold as tested and working) and am getting the same issue.
It posted once and screen came on. Brill I thought, and figured it must have been the ram after all. I then put the old MB back in to test with that ram, but got the 2 beeps. Then fter putting the new MB in... 2 beeps and no post, I should have just left it alone :s.
I'm testing it with the bare minimum attached: heatsink and fan, screen cable, power button and the daughter board with the power supply jack.
Just hoping someone here will have some suggestions, and I don't like giving up, no matter what a pile of junk it is.
Cheers
I've been trying to revive a Dell inspiron 1545 and am about to throw in the towel, but want to check if anyone has any suggestions.
What happens is when the power button is pressed, the fans start to spin up and then stop after a couple of seconds and I get a beep code of two short beeps. Googling this, its a very common occurance with this laptop and the concensus is its either the ram or the motherboard.
I've tried known working ram from another laptop, and also a brand new 1gb stick and tried these one at a time in the different slots. This would indicate that the MB was at fault. I bought a replacement MB though (sold as tested and working) and am getting the same issue.
It posted once and screen came on. Brill I thought, and figured it must have been the ram after all. I then put the old MB back in to test with that ram, but got the 2 beeps. Then fter putting the new MB in... 2 beeps and no post, I should have just left it alone :s.
I'm testing it with the bare minimum attached: heatsink and fan, screen cable, power button and the daughter board with the power supply jack.
Just hoping someone here will have some suggestions, and I don't like giving up, no matter what a pile of junk it is.
Cheers
