Motherboard or cpu failure

jjbinks

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Oct 20, 2012
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Hello, I have a Dell n5110 laptop that stalls during startup. HHD makes several clicks on pwer-up then stops. After pressing the enter key it starts just fine. Thought it was the drive and have replaced with a new one with a new install of Win7, the same result the drive stops after a few seconds. New cmos battery and updated bios. Is it the motherboard or processor?