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Dell XPS M1710 won't boot.

Last answer on Sep 22, 2009 2:04:15 pm BST Dellwhataheap, on Mar 8, 2009 5:40:49 pm GMT 
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Hello,
I have a Dell XPS M1710 and it wont boot. I get some green lights when i turn it on and the occaisional beep depending on the memory i have installed. I have tried just about every combination of memory that i can think of and it pretty much does the same thing with the harddrive in that it does with it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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hackman, on Apr 27, 2009 3:01:56 am BST

Chances are your video daughter board bit the dust, but you can try this to be sure:

Hook up your M1710 to an external monitor. Upon booting, push [F2] for setup and the Fn+F8 to change the video from LCD to CRT (i.e. from your laptop LCD to an external video source). You should see the setup screen appear, but if it has a bunch of lines or crazy characters all over the place, then it's more than just a simple LCD problem. Unfortunately the daughter boards for these things (256MB and up) are quite pricey ($300+ even on eBay as of 04/2009) although if you're not getting these lines, an LCD inverter and maybe the data cable are combined less than $50 and so long as you have the right tools (the inverter requires a tiny Phillips head screwdriver, like the kind you'd use to repair eye glasses) it doesn't take very long to swap. The video board on it requires you to strip the unit down to the motherboard, though, and is a much more time-consuming fix.

   
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Nvidia repair, on Sep 16, 2009 10:50:47 pm BST

Hi,

I dont know if I can post my email address so I wont. If you need to contact me, please PM me

Our company is pleased to announce we have found the fault in the Nvidia GPU's that were installed into Dell XPS, E1705, M1710, M90 & Inspiron 9300 / 9400.

We have been able to repair these GPU's with great success. We have been selling repair auctions on Ebay if anyone is interested in having their's repaired. You may search Ebay by seller. Our seller id is webepartz.

We warranty the repair for 30 days. We have been repairing these for about 4 months now and we have had a 1% failure in the first 30 days. We offer a full money back warranty for a full 30 days. We own 4 laptops that use the Nvidia 7950GXT cards that we repaired and the laptops have been running for 4 months now. We run a GPU Benchmark tests on these laptops weekly and temps remain constant with no thermal shutdowns or artifacting on the display.

   
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krg, on Sep 19, 2009 2:15:11 pm BST

Ive had my gfx card/fans</heatsinks replaced 4 times, the lcd twice and got a whole new m1710 once..

yesterday the good old problem reappeard again after 5 4 months of working since the last new gfxcard/heatsink...

Im very interested in your solution...

kind regards

   
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Nvidia repair, on Sep 21, 2009 4:04:46 pm BST

Please go to Ebay and search for auction number 250499879891 , this is for the 512mb card repair.
All the instructions are there.
Thanks,

   
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Nvidia Repair, on Sep 21, 2009 2:04:19 pm BST

Hi,
You are welcome to follow the instructions posted or you may PM me for full details.
Thanks,
Jared

   
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krg, on Sep 21, 2009 3:41:17 pm BST

Sorry what instructions? I cant find any in the thread

   
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Nvidia repair, on Sep 22, 2009 1:27:42 pm BST

Hi,
It sound to me that your LCD inverter is blown. Are you getting full resolution on external monitor? If so, it looks like the inverter is blown. Do you get a very dim display on the LCD of the laptop? Look closely. If so, for sure the inverter is blown.
Thanks

   
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krg, on Sep 22, 2009 1:33:17 pm BST

Its not the inverter, and new gfxcard will be arring this week... this is the 5th gfx card that has blown for me...

it seems its the soldering that is of too bad quality....?

   
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Cads, on Sep 21, 2009 10:55:17 pm BST

Hello guys,

I have the same issue on XPS 1710. I get a flicker of a BIOS screen then nothing but works fine on external display. If I change between external display and lcd it shows up for a fraction of a second but then balck again.

Is this just a case of updating the drivers or is it an internal hardware issue?

Thanks

Cads

   
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 Nvidia repair, on Sep 22, 2009 2:04:15 pm BST

We fix all these Nvidia cards on these poor Dell laptops. If you want to fix them, please let me know.
Thanks

   
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