Common problem is the fan dies. Make sure your cooling fans is always running if it stops the micro overheats and the laptop shuts down. If it doesn't see the fan running on startup the laptop will not turn on. Shaun Advanced Electronics 224 West Riverview Ave. Fort Morgan, CO 80701 ----- Original Message ----- From: <CGRIFF4000@xxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 12:23 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Dell Inspiron 1150 Laptop motherboard problem > I have a Dell Inspiron 1150 laptop with a bad motherboard. This > laptop shutsdown for no reason, or sometimes won't even start. This can happen > weather the unit is hot or cold, battery or A/C. I know this is a very common > problem with this motherboard. I have found the repair tips for the 5150 to > repair a similar problem, but this is not the same. I found out that there is 1 or > 2 CMOS chips on the motherboard that cause this, but I have not found out > which ones. I figured mabey one of you has seen and resolved this issue with one > of these units. > Thank you, > Chad Griffiths > Griffiths TV/VCR > Schenectady, NY > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/