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From: vulgarandmischevious on 27 Dec 2009 12:45
"Greybeard" <daz(a)finvalid.com> wrote:

>It's a very common issue on Dells!

Why the excitement?
From: Charlie on 27 Dec 2009 14:19
Chris Bartram wrote:
I wondered that. How about dropping the battery out and running off
mains only? I've seen an Acer with identical symptoms that worked OK
like that.

No, the battery's fine. I did drop the battery out for the continually
repeated attempts to start, however. Once the phuquing thing starts,
it's utterly perfecto; it's getting it to fire up that's the problem.
From: Leszek Karlik on 27 Dec 2009 15:50
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:19:45 +0100, Charlie <nospam(a)all.ta> wrote:

[...]
> No, the battery's fine. I did drop the battery out for the continually
> repeated attempts to start, however. Once the phuquing thing starts,
> it's utterly perfecto; it's getting it to fire up that's the problem.

Check whether the choke works, inspect the spark plugs and air filter.

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From: crn on 27 Dec 2009 17:51
Leszek Karlik <leslie(a)hell.pl> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:19:45 +0100, Charlie <nospam(a)all.ta> wrote:
>
> [...]
> > No, the battery's fine. I did drop the battery out for the continually
> > repeated attempts to start, however. Once the phuquing thing starts,
> > it's utterly perfecto; it's getting it to fire up that's the problem.
>
> Check whether the choke works, inspect the spark plugs and air filter.

Give it a sniff of StartYaBastard.

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76 Honda 400/4 project
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06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
From: Greybeard on 28 Dec 2009 06:01
Charlie wrote:
> Greybeard wrote:
> Dell along with other manufacturers seem to have problems with memory
> seating.
> It's a very common issue on Dells!
> The start-up problems you have described seem to fit the pattern. If
> you can, I would suggest removing and reseating the memory DIMMS a
> few times to clean the contacts. There will probably be 2 in the
> beast, one may be "hidden" under the keyboard, the other normally
> under a flap in the base. If
> you let me know which model of lapdog, I'll tell you where the memory
> will be hiding.
> HTH, worth a try anyway.
>
> Thanks. It's an Inspiron 1525, "2008 on a 58 plate".

It appears from the service manual that there are 2 slots on the underside,
none under the keyboard.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1525/en/SM/memory.htm#wp1180987


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