I replaced the hinges on my Dell 7010 and after putting everything back together and booting up the laptop it was working fine with battery and power cord being used. All of a sudden in went down. A strange burn smell was emitted and now when I try to restart it just continuously beeps (+/-180Xs) and then won't get past the Dell logo screen. I have reseated the memory, changed out memory, verified all cabling is connected properly. I confirmed the hard drive works in another laptop. My guess is something overheated on motherboard. Ideas?
Sorry, Dell Inspiron N7010 (6k727p1)
I was able to start the diagnostics but it wasn't taking my keyboard responses so it noted as failed. I restarted it again, and can't seem to get back in. I really think my motherboard is the issue. I smelled that smell again and found the power chip was really hot. (it8502e 1038-kxs de3fjb l)
Thank you for the manual link. Unfortunately the beeps last about 180 seconds, no pause, no rhythm or pattern. That I do not understand. The burning smell leads me to believe something is wrong causing the chip to over heat before it even loads the operating system....or does that incessant beeping point to the suspected motherboard? Due to the age of laptop 7-8yrs, not sure it is worth replacing more parts.
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