my dell laptop does not come on its plugged up!?

Question

when i try to turn it on the lights blink for a sec, then they turn off, laptop is two years old, what should i do.

Answer 1

Take out the battery put it back in, try it again

if that doesn't work try booting with and without the power supply (the think that plugs in to the wall)

if that doesn't work try with a different power supply and no battery

if that doesn't work, you've got a major problem and would need to have someone physically look at it.

Answer 2

THIS HAPPENED TO ME TOO!! I never really figured out exactly what was going on, but it seemed to be a wiring problem. The things that worked the best for me (now my boyfriend puts up with the thing...I got a new computer because I was fed up with it)

I would push the button to turn it on and then move the screen back and forth...sometimes that worked

My boyfriend pushes all of the buttons down around the power button including the power button and sometimes that works (pretty reliable actually)

but when he got real frustrated with it once he kind of pounded on it on the left side of the power button and that seems to work too! A lot of it is trial and error. Mine started doing this too at around 2 years, just when the warranty ran out. Hey, maybe we can start a law suit? :) Good luck. It's frustrating. I will say though that I will probably never buy a Dell again because of the experiences that I had with them over my laptop.

Answer 3

Try removing the battery. Then check and make sure that your power chord is actually getting power to your laptop.