just wanna some my little nightmare with you guys.

i accidentally poured half cup of water into my laptop few days back. the water sipped thru the keyboard area & went down till the optical drive & battery compartment. thought my lappie would be dead after that as it just wouldn't power on anymore. everytime i switches it on, it'll on for 2 seconds then power off itself again. guess it sense some water-causing short circuit & turn off itself as a safety measure. but good sign is the mobo is still alive as if the mobo is dead, power on wouldn't even be possible anymore.

i resort to dismantle all the parts out & let 'em dry. took out the HDD, DVD writer, keyboard, battery & let it dry under the fan for a night. wiped everything dry & even tighten the hinge myself. follow all the dismantling steps thru our given user manual.

was really afraid to dismantle it as afraid that might not be able to fix 'em back later on but guess i'm really desperate till it gave me the courage to do it. my hinge was replaced once when it's still under CompleteCover & watched how the Dell technician dismantle everything last time so i guess it helps to know which parts should be taken off first etc.

i took everything out @ around 11PM & went straight to bed after that & wokd up @ around 9AM to install the whole thing back. was praying really hard that it will still on itself & back to its original state. miraculously, my lappie is ALIVE! or i gotta fork out some cash to get a new 1520 or M1330.

glad that it worked after that. was kinda lucky didn't poured the whole cup of water or the water was actually milk or something sticky. or my 6400 wouldn't be still alive today.

it's 2 years & 2 months old now & still going strong.

I remembered why last time stevetan closed the thread?Now stevetan run away le? Darn him closed thread then run away,now luckily got people open back.

Here some pic for my lappie.


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why you seems to be so mad at him?

Becuz b4 he left the thread,he keep scolding people.Like whole world owe him.

i think he's just complaining about those people who reported him to LYN's moderators & Dell, mistakenly thought he's working with Dell.

No need to blame steventan
he's done lot of effort for i6400 previous thread
we really owed him a lot per say

My Inspiron 6400 Harddisk just died. Was working halfway and blue screen came out.... then windows said that some file was corrupted. Tried reinstalling windows... failed.

Ran diagnostics... error and failures.

Ran detailed diagnostics... said hard disk was write protected or error or some crap.

Then the notebook failed to detect harddisk altogether.

Notebook is not 2 years 4 months old.

Under the above circumstances, is it possible to resurrect my hard disk and retrieve the data within or is it a gone case?

Geez... 2 Dell Laptops dying in my arms in the span of 2 weeks. WTF!!!

well you can try to take out the HDD and use a external case to access and repair from another computer.. perhaps can recover some bad sectors and allow you to do a backup.. looks like your HDD is going RIP soon..

Whoaaaa not even 2 years you i6400 already died on you?
aaaaa, better get external HDD to keep my data safe

Guys,
What should i do when;
My i6400 HDD getting slower & slower to reboot
when switching on, took merely 5 minutes to totally ready

i'm getting worried of my 6400..The temp's been crazy these few months..Can reach 70++ C..Iz it dat it's the end for it? only been using for 13 months la..

i thought its normal, mine even reach 80 last time

My laptop is just 1.5year old and my mobo already dead
Had to ask dell to repair, cost me 1k

Err...where can we check the temp?

mine max out at 60 the most. why you guys seem so high?

@madstone : get I8kfanGUI. google for it.

Thanks for the info bro, downloading it now

So far below 50, within 43, 46

This post has been edited by madstone: Jul 14 2008, 10:24 PM

haven't posted here for a long time.

So, just wondering, with the current BIOS.

The mobo supports 2 x 2GB ram but onlt 3 effective on a 32bit o/s?

Mine is getting scary these days..80 max le..Normally 70 and above now..Should i get a notebook cooler?

i think u should start cleaning ur heatsink n change thermal paste.

The best thing to do now is clean your laptop fan
minor clean also can bring big change to your laptop
i cleaned mine few months ago & it looked fine now

yo 6400 comrades, anyone has upgraded to sp3?