what is most common failure in del studio desktop?

cybob

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dell studio wont turn on. green & black wire turns on hd & some fans.
I suspect cpu or psu, from the posts ive seen people have replaced
mboards or psupply only to find same problem. so i'm looking for what has fixed them. not what didnt work.
It seems to be a very common problem with dell studio desktop's. the solution
should be as common. what is the most likely fix
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HillBillyAsian

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it all depends, every case is different.
1. Could be a bad power/reset switch
2. CPU burned out
3. stick of ram went bad
4. PSU failed
5. Mobo failed
6. gpu (if you have one) failed
7. All of the above?

id honestly check the ram first

if you have two ram sticks take one out and see if it starts, if it doesnt work, move ram stick 1 to the other slot, if that doesnt work remove that ram stick 1 and try ram stick 2 in slot 1, then slot 2