Re: dell c600 power up problem XP pro

Roy wrote:
After pressing the power on from standby, unit starts to power up
(green light on) for 5 secs then powers down. This is intermitent. If
I unplug for approx 1 min unit will start up normally, less than 1
min and it does the same 5 sec power down. Battery is not connected.

Thanks

Does it work okay with the battery installed? If so, the power
supply sounds like it can't supply enough power to fire it up. It
could be the power supply or the laptop itself going bad.



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