If you unplug the drive, does everything work again?
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I took the hard drive out and nothing worked. I replace the the motherboard and nothing worked; the power power lights and stays amber (yellow) and the only way to turn off is by pulling out the plug.
Sorry, I mean the external hard drive. If you unplug the usb drive does the system work.
Mis Dos Centavos, Darrell Helping Dell Customers here since 1997 Darrell's computer help and information web site My Dell systems ... Dimension XPS D266 - Bought long ago before this forum existed Dimension 4300 - Received DOA as a gift. Upgraded and still working perfectly Dimension 9150 - Just arrived from Dell dfsdirectsales.com Refurbished! Pent D 3.2GHz, 2GB dual-channel 533 DDR2 Windows XP pro SP3 Add your system information or other signature to your forum posts using my instructions HERE
I unplug external hard drive and everything else from the computer but the power light still does not turn green; it is still amber or yellow. Its like when a computer is hibernating or sleeping.
Take the top of the pc off and have a good look at the motherboard particularly the capacitors and see if any of them is domed up or burst. I have seen a few of optiplex ranges from GX150 to GX280 have faulty motherbords and when they age then capacitors fail. If capacitors are ok then do the following;
take the battery and the memory out and wait for a minute or two, then reistall them and switch the pc on.
Thereal-dbk4297
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November 11th, 2008 10:00
Hello,
If you unplug the drive, does everything work again?
Mis Dos Centavos,
Darrell
Helping Dell Customers here since 1997
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Dimension XPS D266 - Bought long ago before this forum existed
Dimension 4300 - Received DOA as a gift. Upgraded and still working perfectly
Dimension 9150 - Just arrived from Dell dfsdirectsales.com Refurbished!
Pent D 3.2GHz, 2GB dual-channel 533 DDR2
Windows XP pro SP3
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williamsclint
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November 13th, 2008 06:00
Hello,
I took the hard drive out and nothing worked. I replace the the motherboard and nothing worked; the power power lights and stays amber (yellow) and the only way to turn off is by pulling out the plug.
Clint
Thereal-dbk4297
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November 13th, 2008 19:00
Hi again,
Sorry, I mean the external hard drive. If you unplug the usb drive does the system work.
Mis Dos Centavos,
Darrell
Helping Dell Customers here since 1997
Darrell's computer help and information web site
My Dell systems ...
Dimension XPS D266 - Bought long ago before this forum existed
Dimension 4300 - Received DOA as a gift. Upgraded and still working perfectly
Dimension 9150 - Just arrived from Dell dfsdirectsales.com Refurbished!
Pent D 3.2GHz, 2GB dual-channel 533 DDR2
Windows XP pro SP3
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williamsclint
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November 18th, 2008 05:00
I unplug external hard drive and everything else from the computer but the power light still does not turn green; it is still amber or yellow. Its like when a computer is hibernating or sleeping.
Clint
shahramp
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November 18th, 2008 05:00
Take the top of the pc off and have a good look at the motherboard particularly the capacitors and see if any of them is domed up or burst. I have seen a few of optiplex ranges from GX150 to GX280 have faulty motherbords and when they age then capacitors fail. If capacitors are ok then do the following;
take the battery and the memory out and wait for a minute or two, then reistall them and switch the pc on.
williamsclint
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November 18th, 2008 06:00
Everything looks normal; no capacitor looks obnormal and I took the memory and battery out. I put them back in after 2 minutes and nothing changes.