I've been away for quite a while, as I had a few slightly computer related problems...one being my friend spilled his beer all over my new macBook, so that's out of commission til I send it to Jimbo... which, BTW, Jimmy, I have it in a box now! I jsut have to ship it to ya!

The other laptop I have, I started it up one night, as a light source and shut it off before it started all the way up, and now it doesn't turn on...

Hahaha.... oops.

Anyways, I'm not too sure when I'll be back on again.... but I'm pretty sure it won't be anytime soon... *tear*

Just here to say hi! And hope y'all miss me.

 

That other laptop won't turn on at all or Windows won't start up once it does turn on? If it doesn't turn on at all unplug it, take out the battery and leave it like that for awhile, then put the battery back in, plug it in and try it.

 

It turns on...

Runs the Dell screen, the Windows screen, then black screen.

Then nothing

 

can you not rent one from your school. we can rent them via the school library for a few days at a time

 

One other thing to try until you can get your Dell fixed permanently: have someone burn you a Knoppix live CD or DVD and then boot off of it. If your problem is just a messed-up Windows file or config this should work, but if its something more hardware level you'll still be out of luck.
If you're not familiar with Linux, Knoppix is a good way to get started as most things work close enough to Windows for you to do basic Web surfing with no additional training. There's a few odd 'gotchas' with using live Linux distro's, but as long as you just boot off the CD/DVD and don't try to install it or save files to your hard drive, you should be OK.
Having a Knoppix (or one of the other freely available live Linux CD/DVD's) around is a handy trick for when something in your Windows install goes kaboom and you just need to get basic stuff done while you wait for the time/resources to get fully fixed. The only really tricky part to using it is wireless support is not always easy to use (esp if you are running any form of encryption better than WEP - and you really SHOULD be if you are using wireless.)

Growlor

 

Do you have a Windows CD? If you do put it in and boot up the laptop, look for something like "Press any key to boot from CD" then hit a key. When the windows CD comes up press R to do a repair installation. Odds are that will fix it, although you will need an SP2 CD to do it if you have SP2. Alternatively if there's nothing on that laptop you still need put in the reinstall discs and let it reformat the laptop to how it was when you first got it.

 

delet all that **** then it will work

 

Haha, nah, it's the computer I'm giving my sister, first gen Dell XPS laptop...

There's nothing on it, as is, I wiped it clean so she had nothing to worry about...

And Drew, ya, the school gives us laptops, but I am currently part-time (oops) sooo I don't get one...

And I really, really don't wanna have to pay to rent one...

 

i remembered earlier today. when i was installing vista, i could not see anything off of my laptop screen (which really freaked me out) for about 15 minutes. luckily, i had connected a VGA cord a few days earlier to my tv. for some reason, i could view what the computer was doing via my tv, but not my laptop screen.

since the install, no problems. i originally hooked up the VGA cord so when i watch something thats long like a show i missed on youtube ect i can run it via my tv and lay in bed, and have a nice screen to look at...i also made it so when i close the lid to my laptop, nothing happens, so i can close it when im watchin something from my comp via my tv so i dont have glare if im layin in bed watching

ex: here is what im talkin about..click to view
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...5071054-01.jpg

and yes, that is surround sound wire running up my wall


edit
if your part time here they charge pretty good. full time you get it free, but only x amount of days...j/w how many hours are you taking? and are you on or off campus (living)

 

Well you know even if you put your **** on an HD tv its still not going to be in HD