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January 18th, 2016 13:00
Unplugged tower, now won't turn on
No good deed goes unpunished. I yanked the power strip cord from the wall outlet yesterday during an electrical storm. We had not experienced any lights flickering or momentary outages.
Now I can't get the desktop to do anything. The green LED light on the back of the computer that is normally always on is unlit.
This is a Dell Inspiron 530.
Is the power supply wrecked?
Thanks
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DELL-Akshatha M
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January 21st, 2016 06:00
Hi oldgaloot,
Thank you for writing to Dell Community Forum.
May we know what is the status of the power button?
Do you hear any beeps when the system is powered on?
Please private message us the service tag of the system.
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DELL-Akshatha M
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oldgaloot
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January 21st, 2016 08:00
No beeps or signs of life from the power button.
I PMed you the service tag
Thanks!
RoHe
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January 21st, 2016 11:00
You can try this:
geraldmester
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January 23rd, 2016 07:00
my desktop model xps8100 beep 4 times when I try to start and the start button remains orange
oldgaloot
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January 25th, 2016 21:00
Because you have some power reaching your unit, try RoHe's answer above.
oldgaloot
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January 25th, 2016 21:00
I had tried this before and got nothing. I replaced the power supply and all is right with the world. :emotion-1:
Thanks for your response, though!
oldgaloot
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January 25th, 2016 21:00
geraldmester, because you have some power reaching your unit, try RoHe's answer above.
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January 26th, 2016 10:00
4 beeps is a RAM error. So reseat RAM modules in their slots and use canned air to blow out the dust bunnies.
If that doesn't help, try each module, one at a time in slot 1 to see if you can ID a bad module...