I have two sticks of ram and both wont boot.
Now the laptop won't even turn on anymore meaning that the power button does not even turn on. The bat is good I tried it on another laptop.
If everything else tests ok, I'm thinking here that your RAM seems the likely culprit... cos when I built a PC from spare parts a while ago, it would not power up/post/boot because both sticks of RAM were dead.
I knew that it was going to be a trial and error thing because I was told 3 of the 8 sticks I was given for the job were faulty/dead (they just weren't marked that way), but once I'd inserted 2 healthy sticks the PC powered up, posted and aubsequently booted without issue.
However, before purchasing new RAM, see if you can swap in a stick of (old, unimportant but working) compatible RAM to see if the laptop powers up/posts, etc. The reason I suggest this is because I had an Asus motherboard with one faulty DIMM slot, and although the PC would power up, it would not boot even if a healthy stick was inserted in that slot.
If you have a similar situation (and it seems possible... faulty slots can burn out your RAM) installing new RAM will not resolve your problem... a new mobo is then in order.
PS I went to futureshop to have the laptop evaluated and they refused to test it saying that it's a dell and they won't touch it unless I bought it there. That's a lot of help to fix a laptop thanks a lot futureshop!
A real helpful bunch! *insert sarcasm here*
I don't know what it's like where you are, but I find the smaller, non-syndicated PC stores to be more helpful, and certainly better on price for parts and labour. The larger/syndicated stores (well around here, anyway) have set prices (like $90 an hour), and that's what you get charged, even if it only takes 15 minutes.... whereas my local PC store usually charges me $20 - $30 for most simple jobs, and a maximum of $80 for more extensive work.
It's almost as if the larger, syndicated stores don't want your business... it's their way or not at all... and if you don't like that it's: "Well bugger off, then, there's plenty of fools coming in who are easily parted from their money."
If I were you, I'd be giving Futurestore the flick and finding somebody else... small family businesses, I find, are the better ones because they value your custom more. Anyway, it's worth a thought. 
