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XPS 13 9350 won't turn on, front light blinking
EDIT: Thankfully, it decided to fix itself. Phew!
I have an XPS 13 9350 that's a little over a year old. My laptop was working normally 2 days ago, then last night it wouldn't turn on. The battery indicator on the side showed that it still had a partial charge. The power button itself lit up when I pressed it, but nothing appeared on the screen. I tried holding the power button for 10 seconds to reboot it, then pressed power again, but nothing happened. I tried that a few times.
I left it plugged in overnight and tried again this morning. The battery indicator on the side showed it was full, so charging doesn't seem to be the issue. I tried simply pressing the power button once, and again the button itself lit up but nothing else. So I tried holding the button for 10+ seconds again to reboot. This time the LED on the front edge started blinking. It blinked white 1 time, then orange 2 times, and repeated that until I pressed the power button again. Again, I tried that a few times, and nothing showed up on the screen. I did sometimes hear a faint sound from the computer that I'm guessing was the fan. I tried it both plugged in and unplugged.
I've seen some other posts with slightly different issues saying it was a bad motherboard that's expensive to fix. I'm hoping someone knows of a magic (and cheap) way to fix it. Any help would be appreciated!