My laptop seems to have taken a dirt nap. I have an inspiron 1545 that's just over a year old and will not power completely up when started. I press the power button and the fan comes on as well as the hard drive but the screen remains blank. No dell splash or bios screen whatsover, then a few seconds later it powers itself down. I've tried turning it on with the ac adapter plugged in and on battery power alone but I get the same results. The laptop has not been dropped or exposed to any type of liquids so user fault has been ruled out. I've pulled the had drive and tested it on another machine and it works fine. I hooked it up to and external monitor and got nothing, reseated both the Ram cards individually. Burned through a can of compressed air to make sure their was no excess build up of any sort and still no results. Anyone had a similar issue or any advice as to what I should try next because I am open to any ideas you throw my way. I've also tried slightly pressing down on the ram card during boot hoping to get results and nada again. I'm starting to believe the MOBO may be shot, if someone has the solution this problem please pass it on, thanks.
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