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08-12-2005 at 03:52:51 AM

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

I have a Dell Latitude C600 with both broken hinges and a keyboard with
some sticking keys.

The real problem however, is that a times, the laptop will not turn on
(power on), instead it will go into a power-on / power-off cycles. It
will stay on for few seconds and then turn itself off. A few times, the
screen shows MANUFACTURING MODE **** Press Fn-x to return to....****
Is the BIOS chip/battery going out?

Thanks a bunch

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