Dell Inspiron 5000 Power cycleing problem

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I had this problem when I tried to use the wrong memory. I suggest that you
try to reseat the memory modules.

Mike


"flyrv9" <flyrv9@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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> I have a Dell Inspiron 5000 I bought new. It has worked fine until a
> couple days ago. Now at power on, I can hear the fan come on, the
> screen flashes and goes dark, and then it shuts off for a second or
> two, then starts again. It continues cycling like this until I pull
> the AC cord and battery. I once got it to stay powered off by
> tapping on the power button. There is no reset button I can find.
> It's running Win98SE. It won't boot to a stsrt-up disk either. I'm
> thinking power supply problem, anyone else experience this? Thanks.
>
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