inspiron 5000 win XP, no fan and now a blank screen

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Two major probs:

First,I formatted and installed XP on laptop which caused
the fan to cease working entirely. (I checked the Dell
Diags and the fan is working properly.) Having come to
the conclusion that Dell DOES not and WILL not support
their hardware, I had no choice but to reformat and put
win 98 back on.

After that, everything was going smoothly until suddenly,
out of nowhere the screen blanked out. I can hear it
boot, and it will boot off a floppy (but can't see
anything) but then shuts down after a few seconds.

I tried removing the battery and using ac power and got
the some results.

I have noticed that a lot of people are having the same
problem!!

I am really lost and don't know what else to do, please
help as I can not afford another one!!!

Thanks
 
XP has no bearing on fan operation,but with it not work-
ing,replace it they cost less than 10.00,replace the
battery while youre at it.If 98 is the OS both must be
over 3yrs old.Unlike the desktop pc,the laptop relies
on the two more.
 
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