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ainokea   05-15-2008 at 02:13:26 PM

I was using my XPS 400 just fine one day, then the next morning I go to power it on and it won't budge. The power button/LED just blinks orange (vice green when its powered on), the ethernet light blinks, and a green LED on the motherboard remains lit even when no power is supplied to the computer at all.

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Eurasianman   05-23-2008 at 08:52:03 PM
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You should check the Dell forums for your issue. It'll be easier for you to find a solution ;)

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sweetpants   05-25-2008 at 03:49:20 AM
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ainokea wrote :

I was using my XPS 400 just fine one day, then the next morning I go to power it on and it won't budge. The power button/LED just blinks orange (vice green when its powered on), the ethernet light blinks, and a green LED on the motherboard remains lit even when no power is supplied to the computer at all.



Usually a blinking amber power light indicates there is a failure on one or more of your PSU rails. Typically stripping your system down to bare essentials, trying to power on, will tell you wether it's a device causing the problem or the power supply/motherboard causing the problem.

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ainokea   05-25-2008 at 08:48:31 AM
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Happened to see someone bump a old thread on the same problem I was having, and after reading through it seen the common factors were the PSU, Motherboard, or CPU. As its a system I was planning on recycling some parts and upgrading others and just throwing it in another case, I purchased another PSU for about 40 bucks and will try that first. If that doesn't work I'll try the motherboard next, then lastly, the CPU. Never going to go with a prebuilt system again, especially a Dell!

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