[ale] laptop diagnostics

[Lightner, Jeff]

You aren't running this on a docking station by any chance?  My Dell
Lattitude D630 requires more power for the docking station and actually
has two different bricks available - A 65 watt one that runs it fine
detached from the docking station but won't if it is on the docking
station - for that I need the 90 watt one.

It seems if it were a heat issues as others have suggested then leaving
it unplugged for some time and allowing it to cool then powering it on
would make it try to boot as you said it tried at one point before.

I'm wondering if the issue is the battery?  Have you tried removing that
and running just with the brick?  My D630 allows me to do that as I
recently discovered.  (My battery had died recently.  My issue was the
battery simply wouldn't charge and continued to flash the amber battery
light when I had the brick attached - it didn't prevent me from booting
up though.)  It may be your issue is something with the battery that is
somehow preventing it from using the brick power so removing the battery
might help.   

Also does the battery on yours have the little lights on the back of it?
That is a tester built into it and you can get details on what you
should see from the Dell site.   (Mine was kaput so the tester did
nothing - I ended up replacing the battery.)

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Paul
Cartwright
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:36 AM
To: Ron Frazier
Cc: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] laptop diagnostics

On 01/19/2011 06:59 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:
> If it uses a power brick, try another with the same voltage, at least
> the same minimal amperage, polarity, and plug shape.  Check for a
loose
> power port socket, and a faulty power cable.  You could also try
> replacing the memory.  I have two old memory sticks from my Dell
> Inspiron 1525.  If they're the same, you could use them.  I think
> they're 1GB each.  If you ever get it to boot, the Ultimate Boot CD
has
> a number of diagnostics.  http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/  Also, I like
> prime95 for stress testing the memory, cpu, and cooling system.  
> http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/  If anyone needs help getting
prime95
> running under Linux, let me know.

yup, tried the brick from my other Dell laptop. They are different,
different version & different mA, same voltage 19.5V . didn't help
I unplugged & reseated the memory, but I didn't swap places or just try
one at a time (yet).
> 
> PS, when I hit reply, Evolution put your personal address in as well
as
> ALE.  Is that intentional?  If so, how do you do that?
> 
I run Thunderbird. Under Accounts, in the general tab are 3 blocks for
information-Name, Org. & Reply-To. have the reply-to filled in. I have
multiple accounts & need to make sure that certain accounts get replied
to correctly.


-- 
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800
Registered Ubuntu User #12459

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