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Dell Studio XPS 9100 turns on but with flashing amber light
Hi everyone - my Dell Studio XPS 9100 tower computer turns on and works fine except there's a flashing amber light. Today I moved it from one part of my office to another and now there's a flashing light on the power button. I've read it might've been a power supply or motherboard failure but my computer starts up and works with, seemingly, no problems. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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osprey4
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August 2nd, 2014 05:00
Hi mindofchester,
This is normally the power supply. So you're saying that it works sometimes and other times the system fails to start?
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June 2nd, 2016 22:00
HI, I have the same issue: The power button light suddenly started flashing amber. No other problems. I ran the Dell Diagnostic and did not detect any motherboard, video or audio card or CPU failures. Should I just ignore the flashing amber light or what?
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June 3rd, 2016 06:00
You cannot possibly have run diagnostics if the POWER BUTTON is flashing Amber.
Flashing Amber Power button is Bad Power supply.