Is it busted CPU?

[vorbius]

I got a busted laptop Inspiron 8000 from a friend of mine who bought a new one. It's mine if I can fix it. I could use it sometime but am not sure if the problem is CPU or something else. When I power it on the status light indicating writing/reading data blinks for a fraction of a second and and goes off. The power inthe laptop stays on. I hooked upi the HD to another computer and it works fine. Is it a CPU. Sems like it, can't think of any other part in this case. What do you think?
Also, if this is the CPU, anybody knows what the fastes CPU this laptop I could use? The original one is Pentium III speed about 800MHz, but I am not sure exactly. I tried to check on the DELL's site an can't find it. Any help will be certainly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[phantom309]

It is very, very hard to kill a P3. More likely a RAM problem or internal power supply issue.

 

[vorbius]

Also, when I power it on(try to) when the status light indicating writing/reading data blinks I hear a little "pyk" sound from the speakers. My friend who owned it had a problem with this laptop shutting down for no apparent reason before. One day it just died. Maybe it is an internal PS, but I though it wa the CPU that used to overheat and it finally died.

Any thoughts?

Pease, HEEEEEEELP!!!

 

[6000SUX]

Try taking out the battery. Does it power on now?

 

[vorbius]

No, it's still the same situation.

 

[Kaervak]

I had something similar happen with my Inspiron 8200 a couple years ago. I'm not sure exactly what it was, but a complete tear down and rebuild of the laptop fixed it. If you're comfortable taking apart a laptop, I suggest trying that. There's no guarantee that it will work for you, but at this point it can't hurt to try. You can get the service manual from Dell's website to make things a little easier.