I have an old Dell Inspiron 1100 that is having some issues. I think they are related to loose pins/connections on the motherboard. The symptoms:
Recently, the machine would not boot up. It seemed to start, but then shut itself down almost immediately. When I took it apart and put it back together, it gave me a message that it had shut down to avoid overheating. But this couldn’t be right since it had been off all night and was not hot at all. The fan is working fine so I think the problem may be related to the sensor or auto-shutoff mechanism.
Once I had the machine back together, a diagonal row of keys stopped working. The ‘8’, ‘i’, ‘k’, qnd ‘,’ key would not respond.
Can anyone help me figure out where on the motherboard the temperature sensor is, where the keyboard pins are, and if there are any other possible causes of the problem? Thanks in advance.
