Hello,
This is my first message on this board.
My 4-5ish years old dell xps 15 (laptop) suddenly died the other day. Irrelevant, but i opened a pdf file and it very suddenly stopped with no warnings or nothing.
I couldn't get it to boot again, so i tried unplugging the battery and the cmos and doing it again. To no avail.
The diagnostic LEDs (link, if it's useful to you:
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000141206/a-reference-guide-to-the-xps-notebook-diagnostic-indicators) just stay white before stopping. Removing the RAM did got me the amber code indicating a memory problem, but plugging it back in didn't fix anything.
Plugged screens don't display anything, or detect a video signal.
I then stripped the motherboard of everything i could, and i see no obvious defect or problem.
I plugged it in and tried booting to see if there was an element getting particularly hot, and nothing.
The only thing i guess, is that when i removed some black tape there were bit of solder sticking to it, but they were just "there" not really soldered to an element.
What should i try? Am i cooked? Is providing pictures any help?
Thanks for suggestions, this (was) my daily driver, and i can't really afford a new one right now.