My XPS M1330 that I got since late August 2007 won't boot up anymore. It was working fine until a few days ago. It started to turn itself off when I'm trying to load the front page of Yahoo to read the news. And when I tried to turn it back on, I get these rainbow colors vertical lines. Turning it on and off a few times and it would boot normally. But then the same thing would happen again if I tried to read some webpages. Today, turning it on and off will not boot Vista Home Premium. All I get are the vertical rainbow lines. My system has 4GB of RAM and the GS 8400 graphic card.
Is anyone else experiencing similar boot-up problem? Please help. Thanks.
Check this thread out. There are many people who have complained about this very issue. I had the same exact problem a couple months back. For me, a motherboard replacement completely fixed the issue. You're best bet is to call dell and that is probably what they will arrange for you.
My XPS M1330 that I got since late August 2007 won't boot up anymore. It was working fine until a few days ago. It started to turn itself off when I'm trying to load the front page of Yahoo to read the news. And when I tried to turn it back on, I get these rainbow colors vertical lines. Turning it on and off a few times and it would boot normally. But then the same thing would happen again if I tried to read some webpages. Today, turning it on and off will not boot Vista Home Premium. All I get are the vertical rainbow lines. My system has 4GB of RAM and the GS 8400 graphic card.
Is anyone else experiencing similar boot-up problem? Please help. Thanks.
As multiple others (and threads) have said - you need a GPU/mobo replacement.
Thanks to all for helping me out so quickly. This is extremely frustrating. I have had nothing but trouble with the XPS M1330. The unit squeaks, won't come back on from stand-by, and now this. Never again will I buy Dell for business or personal.
I'm having the exact same problem!! It started acting up a couple weeks ago, but would start eventually. Last night however, it just refused to boot and just displayed the infamous rainbow stripes. Will be logging a call with Dell tonight! Sounds like a defective batch of motherboards somehow got used!
__________________ System: Dell XPS 1330 Processor: Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0GHz Colour: White Screen: Slim & Light LED with VGA Webcam Memory: 2GB HDD: 120GB SATA Video: 128MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8400M GS Options: Bluetooth, Fingerprint Reader OS: Kubuntu Gusty Tribe 5
I'm having the exact same problem!! It started acting up a couple weeks ago, but would start eventually. Last night however, it just refused to boot and just displayed the infamous rainbow stripes. Will be logging a call with Dell tonight! Sounds like a defective batch of motherboards somehow got used!
It's not the motherboard. It's a design prob. with the heatpipe that causes the burnout. Although the end result is a burnt GPU on the motherboard.
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Please help. XPS M1330 won't boot. Getting nothing but rainbow vertical lines.
