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Dell Inspiron 3847 power light turns on for a second then turns off
Hello everybody!
I have a Dell Inspiron 3847 with an i5 4440, 8 gb of ram, and 1 tb of hard drive. I purchased an evga 500 watt PSU and successfully installed it. My pc worked normally and everything was fine. I then purchased an evga 1060 sc and attempted at installing it into my pc. After installing it I started up my pc and it turned on. The fan for the gpu didn’t spin so I turned off my computer, opened the case, unplugged the 6 pin then plugged it back in. I turned on my pc again but it made an odd sound before the power button flashing orange then completely shutting off. Now every time I turn it on the light turns orange and the fans spin for a split second then they stop. Any assistance will be much appreciated...
robert p
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October 10th, 2017 05:00
Hi ChiefAbooda,
Thanks for posting.
Unfortunately, from what you are describing, it sounds like the motherboard may be having problems with the new power supply. Did you try re-installing the old one to see if the computer will boot?
Here is some information that may be helpful: http://dell.to/2y9HOL1
ChiefAbooda
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October 10th, 2017 19:00
Yes, I attempted at booting with the original 300 watt power supply that came with the computer. I also attempted at booting without the hard drive and optical drive, but the same issue continued.
RoHe
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October 11th, 2017 12:00
Did you ever try removing the new evga 1060 card and reinstalling the old video card or using onboard Intel video?
Note: Any add-in video card must be physically removed from the PC before you can use any of the onboard video ports, which are disabled while an add-in card is installed.
ChiefAbooda
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October 11th, 2017 17:00
Yes, I did try booting with and without the new gpu (there wasn't a pre-installed gpu with this model). The computer booted normally before with the gpu, but after I connected the molex from the PSU to the molex that came with the GPU which connected the six pin on the card, the computer began to fail booting up.