[TriLUG] Is it Really Dead?

[Ron Young]

Thanks Joe.  I did attempt to locate such a battery and took the thing 
nearly completely apart.  I even had the keyboard out.  Do you have any 
idea where the batter is located in this model?

Ron

Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Ron Young wrote:
>
>> I have an old Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop that seems to have just given 
>> up the ghost.  I was hoping to use it for my first slackware 
>> installation.  Since I have experienced some history with this 
>> machine getting hung out there in the ether between suspend and 
>> hibernate I thought I could remove the power and just wait a bit and 
>> it would just boot up again.  NOT!
>>
>> Now the laptop continuously powers on then resets before the screen 
>> lights up and even with the lid closed!  I have to remove the battery 
>> and unplug the external power to get it to stop this cycling.
>>
>> Ideas?   Anyone need an anchor for a two man fishing boat?
>
> Thinkpads have similar bizarre symptoms when their CMOS battery dies. 
> Batteries Plus had mine. They're about the size of a quarter.
>
> Joe
>