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March 4th, 2018 09:00

dell vostro 400 wont power up

A friends company bought all new computers. He gave me one of their DELL VOSTRO 400'S to use. When I plug in the power card in the back, a little green light goes on, but the button in front stays black, not even amber or green. What is the problem ? I am a total amateur

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March 5th, 2018 03:00

Could be a loose connector from the front panel to the motherboard or connection from the power supply to the motherboard and if no loose connector most likely a defective power supply.

Here is the link to the Dell manual

 http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_vostro_desktop/vostro-400_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdf

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March 5th, 2018 05:00

Power on button OR power supply is dead. Paperclip trick should figure out which.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqF0SVpdWvw

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