On my Vostro 1510 I have encountered a problem. I booted up only to be met
with a blank screen and most of the indicators lights on or flashing. As it
booted I could hear the disk running as normal but then I didn't even get the
Dell logo/BIOS menu screen. I've been running Mint 9 and haven't done anything
weird to it as far as I know.
On my other computer I encountered a similar problem running Ubu. It finally
came to me that, as the battery was fried, it would lock up when allowed to run
out of juice. It is possible that the power cord on the Dell came loose last
night while I was sleeping and the battery ran down.
As I write this I'm letting the Dell "run" on battery power until it's dead
after which I will plug up and restart. Meanwhile, does anyone have any
suggestions in case this doesn't work. I've finally gotten my modem up and
running again, I have 2 1/2 days off, and I would love to be able to use my
other computer.
Thanks in advance,
Mark
P.S. I do have several distro disks including Knoppix 6.3 but how does one
boot it if the menu isn't visible?
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