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September 16, 2008
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My son gave me his Dell Inspiron 400 to have a look at. The last time he used it it went into hibernation and now wont start at all. When you power up the PC the power lamp goes white then immmediately goes amber/yellow to indicate it is still in hibernation. There is nothing on any connected monitor (I have tried different monitors and connecting cables just in case) and it does not respond to keyboard or mouse. I even downloaded manual from Dell and removed the case, hard drive and CD/DVD drive to get at the bios battery and reset strap - I followed procedure in manual for reset but all this proved fruitless. Has anyone else struck this problem and found a solution. I haven't found the Dell site to be too much help.
These are very compact machines about 1/2 shoe box size and very awkward to work on.
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. (Winston Churchill)
August 7, 2011
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Here's a shot in the dark...
Remove AC and pull the battery so there is no power available to the laptop at all. Open the screen and hold down the power button for about 30 seconds. Restore AC and replace the battery and see if it turns on.
March 9, 2013
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hi dave i am also faceing the same problem and after turning on problem is there. any other solution please???
March 9, 2013
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hi
can everyone can help me as soon as possible ???
March 10, 2012
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Hi Dave,
Would going in on a 'rescue' disk and changing the nome of the "hiberfil.sys" file to "hiberfil.bak" stop these machines going into hibernation?
Obviously if it didn't work, the file could be renamed to its original name.
Just a thought . . .
August 9, 2011
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If Dave's original suggestion to disconnect ALL power sources and hold down the power button doesn't work then it's very difficult to know what might.
No visible display, zero response from input devices... where to start?
Will the machine even boot from bootable media?
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