Crashed

Hi all,

I got an inspiron 1150 I keep in my office... one day, I went to use it, and the screen was froze up, so I hard reset it and it wuldnt boot. Just a flashing cursor on the top left corner, no post, boot screen, nuttin... if I unplugged the ac adapter, it would get to boot screen then freeze. So I bought a new ac adapter. No go. Still wont boot.
Locks up. Battery indicator light dont show amber but it does recharge the battery.
So... I got it booted, and then when I plug in the ac adapter, boom, instant lock up...
Ive tried booting just on ac and just on battery... no go...
SO i reinstalled xp... gets to the "installing devices" part, at 35 minutes remaining and locks up every time...

So... hmmm... I am stumped

Any ideas? Thankx

 

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