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Diagnostic Light D is Yellow!
I have a Dimension XPS T500 with a problem. I had to reformat the HD so I could reinstall Win 2000. After the reformat when I power on the computer there's a brief message on the screen something about NVIDIA and then the screen goes to the DELL logo and just stays there. I can't F2 into Setup. The "D" light is yellow and the computer won't read the Win 2000 set up floppy. As a matter of fact the computer doesn't seem to be reading the A drive at all. I'm stuck. Help!!!
obey_gravity
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February 2nd, 2006 08:00
hiya,
Assuming you installed all drivers etc.,
According to this:
<ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>
You're gonna have to call Dell.
Message Edited by obey_gravity on 02-02-2006 04:41 AM
robbet711
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February 2nd, 2006 11:00
Majestic
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February 2nd, 2006 12:00
If the machine still fails to boot then strip the motherboard down to the bare minimum. By bare minimum I mean remove all expansion cards, disconnect all drives and leave just the processor, memory and graphics card in the machine after reseating them. If the computer boots this way then start connecting each device one at a time until the no boot scenario returns. This would then indicate which device has failed and is causing the problem. Also try booting the system without the keyboard, mouse or any other device plugged into the rear of the system. If you have more than one memory module installed then try booting with only one and then swap them around and try again. If you only have one memory module then try booting without any memory modules installed. If you have another graphics card available then also try swapping that. If this procedure doesn't resolve the problem then you maybe looking at a situation where the motherboard has failed.