Dell Vostro 1014 unique power issue

[lucipher761]

I have dell vostro with windows 7 in it. Actually it's battery become dud and when I put charger in it only monitor screen lights up automatically , but no power to fan or motherboard. I tried dead reset by removing bios cell and pressing power button to release built in charge too, but no gain. Please help me out.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Replace motherboard? Take it to a qualified tech to diagnose?

Sounds pretty dead to me. Then again, I had something similar happen, and then it came back to life about a week later after fiddling with it.

 

[lucipher761]

What did you do to it