I would re-seat the Ram, Turn off the laptop, Unplug from the wall... Next remove all ram sticks, Wait 10 minutes and the reinstall and try..
Well 70 is getting on the real hot side, you really want on idle 30-40 and never going over mid 60's...Since it was dropped, it probably did some...
IS it getting Hot ?
That would work, But seems to be a little high to me.. check this out......
As for a power supply take a look at this one :...
Pull the ram out and reset it, If you have 2 stick of ram try One at a time..
As for a Video Card Take a look here, this is what I would buy for my Older Dell if I was going to change it......
I would install at least a 500 watt or larger, Dell uses proprietary systems so the PSU might have to be a Dell ... But on allot of there older...
What happens if you go into safe mode ? I could be a Smart Virus.. how long has it been like this?
I would not use sleep/stand bye mode, half the time they will not come back.. Did you pull the battery as well as the power cord? you need to pull...
@Brian Entei: It will probably work, But it might draw allot of juicy from your PSU...
A couple of Questions here ! What OS are you running? How big is your power Supply ? I don't think that video card will work.. Are you running 64...
This can be a number of things, Could be bad ram/hard drive/ bio's battery/Motherboard..
I found your Motherboard at this site for $42.25 ... http://www.computechnologiesinc.com/store/proddetail.php?prod=RY007
You might be able to find another Dell Motherboard For a reasonable price to fix it..
Orange means NO video signal...This can be a number of things... I am afraid you are going to have to narrow it down..Do you have another computer...
Don't think it is the power supply, it is either hard drive or video card or ram... lets hope its not the motherboard..Does the monitor light up ?...
Does this computer have onboard video or a card or both? This can be a number of things, from ram to hard drive to psu to video card..If this...
Yea! not sure a laptop will handle what you want to do here... I guess a Gaming laptop might work, the problem is you are going to need allot of...
How many USB ports do you have ?If you have more than one, then use the good one and buy a USB hub, Then you can have up to 6 ports.
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