Dell vostro issues

zachb2185 · August 5, 2019

Hi

I've got an old Dell vostro 1320 that my mother refuses to get rid of. There are a number of problems but the main on is that I was trying to replace the display cable to make the display stable and not flicker. After I replaced the cable the laptop wouldn't power on. I then put the old cable back and I could hear the system turn on but it wouldn't post. It also has a blinking orange light on the battery that I found out means a "Temporary Battery Failure." So how do I fix the laptop and is it even worth fixing?

Radium_Angel · August 5, 2019

1 minute ago, zachb2185 said:

is it even worth fixing?

Nope.

Turtle Rig · August 5, 2019

17 minutes ago, zachb2185 said:

Hi

I've got an old Dell vostro 1320 that my mother refuses to get rid of. There are a number of problems but the main on is that I was trying to replace the display cable to make the display stable and not flicker. After I replaced the cable the laptop wouldn't power on. I then put the old cable back and I could hear the system turn on but it wouldn't post. It also has a blinking orange light on the battery that I found out means a "Temporary Battery Failure." So how do I fix the laptop and is it even worth fixing?

Its a sign! It is trying to tell you something as Radium Angel said.

moriel5 · August 5, 2019

34 minutes ago, zachb2185 said:

Hi

I've got an old Dell vostro 1320 that my mother refuses to get rid of. There are a number of problems but the main on is that I was trying to replace the display cable to make the display stable and not flicker. After I replaced the cable the laptop wouldn't power on. I then put the old cable back and I could hear the system turn on but it wouldn't post. It also has a blinking orange light on the battery that I found out means a "Temporary Battery Failure." So how do I fix the laptop and is it even worth fixing?

I'd recommend that you tell her that the laptop's time has ended, and tell her you can get a laptop that is different, but similar, instead.

My recommendation, go for the Dell Vostro 3568 (slightly old at this point, but absolutely worth it) with an i5 (Spectre and Meltdown, otherwise I'd have recommended an i3), 8GB of RAM (4 is technically enough, however browsers push that, and there are no 2GB DDR4 sticks), an HDD (no real need for an SSD, but it wont hurt).

In addition, even if you use Windows 10 (don't go for Home, go for at least Pro, so you can switch the update channel to the ones that businesses use, will be stabler that way, the things are with Windows 10), do a clean install, Windows runs much better from a clean install than from an OEM install.