Henrik Koksby Hansen wrote in message . ..
Hi.

I have an old Dell Latitude CPi A which has a problem that I can't
seem to fix.

The Dell powers up ok, spins up the drives, flashes in the 3 diodes
(caps lock etc. etc.) and then.... nothing.....

The display does not power up.

After a while ~ 20 seconds, the machine turns off (the power indicator
goes black)

I have tried to connect an external monitor, but with no luck.

I hope that someone in here has an advice on where to look for the
problem.



Being cautious about ESD damage, open the panels on the bottom cover,
and remove and re-seat the EEPROM chip. The chip is about 1cm square,
in a brown socket. This has fix has worked on a few for me!

-k