Laptop problems.... I need help.

[Jordan S. H.]

I have a dell inspiron 1000 (the advanced kind with more RAM and a bigger screen).  It had been working fine for a couple months until one day when I tried to turn it on and it didnt.  Now all that happens when I press the power button is the Hard Drive LED comes on solid and thats it.  It just sits there with the hard drive light on.  I know that its not a HD problem because I tried removing the drive and putting it into my desktop as a slave, it worked fine.  So now im stumped....  It looks to me like a power supply or MoBo problem.  

-emh

(p.s. I have resorted to these forums because I spent over 6 hours on the phone with dell's "customer service" and got nowhere.  Apperently, the laptop that I have is not registered to me even though I bought it directly from dell.  I then tried the tech chat but it didnt work.)

[Fed]

I think I'd be trying to put a lot more pressure on Dell, I did read your other posts so I know your whole story.
Do you have any documentation of the purchase?
There has to be a physical location for Dell somewhere for you to attack.

[Jordan S. H.]

There has to be a physical location for Dell somewhere for you to attack.

I looked in the phone book for my city and the surrounding area and could not find any dell locations.  

[Computer_Commando]

Took me 10sec to find this:

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dellcare/en/contact_us?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=lf

[Jordan S. H.]

As I said, ive already tried all of that...

[Maximus Gorham]

Try putting a Diff. HD in. c what happens