Dell Latitude D630 Error

[TheLonePaniolo]

So I tried calling Dell tech support and they just won’t answer, so I thought I’d take to here for some help. Whenever I try to power on the laptop the powerlight will stay solid and the caps lock (the “A” icon with a lock around it) will be flashing continuously on the computer. Absolutely no other lights or anything will turn on, and after about 15 seconds it shuts off. Please help

[B-o-B]

Do you have a Bios that loads still? F2

[ReBoot]

Check the manual or Dells support KB. The laptop is trying to tell you somehing, look up what it is.

[TheLonePaniolo]

Origineel geplaatst door |2|Phew™:

Do you have a Bios that loads still? F2

Nope. The screen doesn’t even come on

[TheLonePaniolo]

Windows Not Booting

I had recently purchased a Windows xp laptop that was compatible with Windows 2000. After ordering a OEM unused copy of windows 2000, I installed it onto the system but whenever the laptop tries to boot from the HDD drive that I installed windows to, I’m greeted with a black screen and a white flashing “-“ in the top left corner. No matter how long I wait or what I do I can not get it to boot windows. I was able to run the Dell diagnostics program in the systems bios and it cameback with everything in working order. I’m not sure what to do. If anyone wants to know, the laptop is a Dell Latitude d630

[pike]

go to dell and get the drivers(chipset) and what not for win2k

[TheLonePaniolo]

Origineel geplaatst door pike:

go to dell and get the drivers(chipset) and what not for win2k

I have the drivers, but I have them on I flash drive. How do I install them via a flash drive?

[pike]

time for an inter tubes search

[rotNdude]

A white flashing “-“ in the top left corner means that there is no drive to boot from.

[TheLonePaniolo]

Origineel geplaatst door rotNdude:

A white flashing “-“ in the top left corner means that there is no drive to boot from.

How would I fix it?

[rotNdude]

Go into the BIOS and select the bootable drive with Win2k on it.

[TheLonePaniolo]

Origineel geplaatst door rotNdude:

Go into the BIOS and select the bootable drive with Win2k on it.

I do and I still get that same screen unless I boot back to the installation CD

[TheLonePaniolo]

Windows Black Screen

I bought a Dell Latitude D630 laptop with Windows XP installed yesterday and I wanted to install my OEM copy of Windows 2000 onto the system (the laptop is supposed to be compatible with Windows 2000 and Dell still has the drivers available on their website). I did everything accordingly and no matter what else I do, after the CD installation is done and the computer tries to boot from the HDD drive I installed Windows 2000 to, all I get is a black screen with a white flashing “-“ in the top left corner. Any help would be appreciated.

[pike]

you really need to read/watch an in depth vid /article on how to do it ,
format >install drivers/chipset> install os .
instead of spinning your wheels here getting now where ,learn how to do it from start to finish

[OLDMAN]

try the dell forum.

https://www.dell.com/community/Laptops-General/Dell-Latitude-D630-Diagnostics-Error/td-p/4776882

[Carlsberg]

Origineel geplaatst door The1Mouseketeer:

Origineel geplaatst door rotNdude:

Go into the BIOS and select the bootable drive with Win2k on it.

I do and I still get that same screen unless I boot back to the installation CD

That would suggest that your bootable drive is in fact, not bootable, It must be formatted as a bootable drive to be so. If its your os drive then your system is not recognising it, if its a hard drive is it correctly inserted? Try and get into bios and configure machine, you said that f12 is not working to get into bios. I believe that a change to setup will force bios setup by default, remove memory chip from underneath, machine will detect change and give you bios option. (if it does not start because it has no memory put it back, it should still register a change).

What sometimes works, remove hdd and boot from other media. If the machine boots shut down and reinstall the hdd and start normally.