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

That's not good . This indicates that either the memory has failed or
the CPU , or the chipset.

Maybe you could try removing the memory sticks one by one and see if
it starts to work each time .


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.

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!
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Thanks for the advice - i tried it, unfortunatly with no luck...


Henrik