I have the Inspiron 6000 since 2005 without any problem, but it has been used sparingly by my wife from 2009 till now, that a boot problem started. After I start the laptop (with no computer password), it would try to run the BIOS (showing the big DELL with www.dell.com and a progress bar) when the progress bar reaches the end, the screen would turn dark and the big DELL would show again trying to run the BIOS, and on keep on repeating. I can press F2 to go to the BIOS Setup screen and make changes without any problem. I can also press F12 to change to boot from CD-Drive. I tried putting the "Drivers & Utilities" disk in. It will read the BIOS in the disk and try to boot and do the same repeating the big DELL screen. I tried to run the "Pre-boot System Assessment Build 3018" to do the diagnostic tests. Everything "pass" until the last test "No Diagnostic Utility Partition found. ------" I press OK. It goes back to repeating the Big DELL screen trying to run the BIOS from the CD-Disk. Is there something wrong with the inherent circuit (or software) running the BIOS? Because the same problem occurs running the BIOS stored in the Internal Hard-drive or the one stored in the CD disk. Is there a simple solution? or is it time to junk the laptop?
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