Hello Phill
The problem as it stands is that if I press the On button, I get a (slightly intermittent) power light on the front of the computer. Nothing else at all happens. If the fan starts, I can't hear it. Screen stays black, no blips or flashes or partial boot-ups. No nothin!
The problems with the machine started with deterioration of the power jack, and possibly the converter plug. Plug got so it would just drop out. We taped it and so forth, but problems continued. Stopped charging the battery, so every interruption of the jack resulted in instant shutdown and loss of work.
It also was running like molasses in a cryo-chamber. Started with WTT diagnostics (which kept finding nothing) but gave it up until I could maybe get the jack fixed.
Last development was the status as described above.
I replaced the jack. It was improved, but nothing else had changed.
Other oddities inside: The jack has a tiny plastic nub for screwing it onto the motherboard. This was broken off. The battery was held in place by two of four screws. One motherboard mount was broken, but still able to take a screw; two other mounts seemed to have their tiny brass females stripped or something. Screws wouldn't start. (Also possible there are a couple of screws floating around somewhere inside. Did not find them.)
This is a link to the manual section including specs.
https://www.dell.com...n-1-laptop/docs
More specifically https://topics-cdn.d...guide_en-us.pdf
If that is not sufficient, I'll search around.
Thank you!
P.S. I am likely to take it to a shop today or tomorrow. I would like to hold off until we see if you have any ideas..... Wife needs some pic files PDQ. I may have goofed up her backup on Carbonite or iDrive, whichever she's on. Oy!
Edited by denno, 12 August 2019 - 11:42 AM.