Dead L502x

[ximinez]

My XPS started acting up a bit earlier today, being all sluggish and hanging for a couple of seconds now and then. Fan activity was pretty low, and it didn't seem warm. Suddenly, without warning, the screen and powerbutton went black. Now it's completely dead. It responded to the powerbutton once a bit later, spinning up the fan and making the optical drive go "click". Then it stopped again.

I've tried running on wall power and battery, removed the battery, let it "rest" for a while. Anyone got more tricks I can try before calling Dell tomorrow?

[ZXRaziel]

Get replacement , no point in resuscitating dying system it will go wrong again , there must be some serious fault if it did that .

[dave-p]

try swapping memory chips, and booting with one memory chip at a time

[ximinez]

try swapping memory chips, and booting with one memory chip at a time

Yeah, I tried that too. I noticed that the power light on the back doesn't light up when I plug in the power, so it looks like it's pretty much toast. I'll call Dell tomorrow morning and get a tech here for tuesday. Fortunately I've got an EEEpc handy so I don't have to steal my wifes laptop. Can't play Diablo III or use Photoshop for a couple of days tho

[Sgraffite]

Yeah, I tried that too. I noticed that the power light on the back doesn't light up when I plug in the power, so it looks like it's pretty much toast. I'll call Dell tomorrow morning and get a tech here for tuesday. Fortunately I've got an EEEpc handy so I don't have to steal my wifes laptop. Can't play Diablo III or use Photoshop for a couple of days tho

Are you sure the laptop is the problem? It almost sounds like the charger is not working, and your battery died. When you say "power light on the back" do you mean the blue light on the charger cord?

[NeoMesal]

It responded to the powerbutton once a bit later, spinning up the fan and making the optical drive go "click". Then it stopped again.

That's exactly what happens when they battery is completely flat. I doubt thats the cause though

[ximinez]

Are you sure the laptop is the problem? It almost sounds like the charger is not working, and your battery died. When you say "power light on the back" do you mean the blue light on the charger cord?

The power brick works fine, tested on a different laptop. The battery was fully charged. I'm talking about the small white light next to the hdd activity led.

[NeoMesal]

The power brick works fine, tested on a different laptop. The battery was fully charged. I'm talking about the small white light next to the hdd activity led.

Has to be a motherboard issue, I'm sure that the tech will opt to replace it. Along with it, you will recieve a new GPU, hopefully it will still overclock nicely.

[ximinez]

Tech will be coming tomorrow.

[ximinez]

It lives, again!
Mobo replaced by very nice service tech that happened to know my dad. Pasted with AS5.