Are you seeing a blinking amber light on the power button? Try unplugging the system, hold the power button for a couple seconds, then plug it back in and try to start it up.
Did as you suggested and still nothing. The only light that can be seen is the green light on the motherboard.
Further to the above and some time later.... I bit the bullet and went to my local PC repair shop. Yes it was the Power Supply Unit (PSU) and luckily they had another dead Dell computer with a suitable PSU. Now up and running again.
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February 16th, 2010 04:00
Hi, Pisicuta:
Are you seeing a blinking amber light on the power button? Try unplugging the system, hold the power button for a couple seconds, then plug it back in and try to start it up.
Pisicuta
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February 16th, 2010 04:00
Hi Osprey4,
Did as you suggested and still nothing. The only light that can be seen is the green light on the motherboard.
Further to the above and some time later.... I bit the bullet and went to my local PC repair shop. Yes it was the Power Supply Unit (PSU) and luckily they had another dead Dell computer with a suitable PSU. Now up and running again.
osprey4
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February 16th, 2010 09:00
The dim 5100/E510 models were prone to PSU problems. Glad to hear you've got it solved.