Mine is a Dell Inspiron 1525You still have it? Can you explain that a little better? Did the Dell logo appear and then it went to a black screen, or did it just stay on a black screen the second you pushed the power button?
Dell laptops are not that great. I have a old Latitude E6230 that I used up until last year. The thing was practically falling apart when I bought my used Lenovo ThinkPad x260.