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September 11th, 2013 18:00
Dell E310 Orange Blinking Lights 2 and 3
Hello,
Computer will not boot after upgrading processor, RAM, and video card. According to its manual, it reads the following: "A possible floppy drive or hard drive failure has occurred."
Had tried to replace the hard drive with a preexisting, working one but the same lights appeared afterwards. I think that it may be the front USB's that do not work that are causing it. Should I purchase this: http://e-merrilltech.com/mj282-dell-dimension-3100-e310-front-i-o-panel-mj282.html?utm_source=google-shopping&utm_medium=organic&gclid=CLP5g7LKxLkCFcdr7AodilMAKQ? I am not sure.
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shesagordie
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September 11th, 2013 22:00
andrewnguyen
More questions:-
What blinking 'amber' lights'?
Have you tried removing the upgraded CPU, RAM and the video card and reinstalled the default components, to see if this makes a difference?
Quote: 'The used hard drive had been reformatted and was running a new copy of Vista prior to the upgrades. Should I take it out and try to just reformat it again and put it back in?'
Does this mean that the 3100/e310 was running Vista as the default operating system, prior to the hard drive replacement, or did the used hard drive already have Vista installed on it?
Did you perform a clean reinstall of Vista, after installing the used hard drive in the 3100/e310?
Bev.
shesagordie
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September 11th, 2013 19:00
andrewnguyen
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September 11th, 2013 20:00
Resetting the CMOS seems not to have any effect.
andrewnguyen
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September 11th, 2013 20:00
Thank you for promptly responding back to me.
The used hard drive had been reformatted and was running a new copy of Vista prior to the upgrades. Should I take it out and try to just reformat it again and put it back in?
I have not reset the CMOS, which I think I should try to do.
There are no sounds nor beeps from the computer when trying to boot it up, only blinking amber lights.
shesagordie
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September 11th, 2013 22:00
andrewnguyen
Good luck and please give a heads up on the results.
Bev.
andrewnguyen
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September 11th, 2013 22:00
Ok, will do the PSU first because I think I have one from a previous Dell model. And if that doesn't work, I guess it is no more. Thank You.
andrewnguyen
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September 11th, 2013 22:00
The power button blinks amber as well as the front I/O panel with the same numbers I believe.
I have not. I think that I had already thrown them away last evening.
I had just now quick formatted the hard drive. I think that the hard drive was already Visa as the default operating system prior to the upgrades, which was working fine.
Yes, I had done a clean install of Vista after putting the drive in about last week's time?
shesagordie
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September 11th, 2013 22:00
andrewnguyen
A blinking yellow power button light, usually indicates a power supply, or a motherboard failure.
As a power supply costs less that a motherboard, first try replacing the power supply with a known working unit.
The 3100/e310 PC's have an open back panel, you are use most standard generic ATX power supplies, with either a 24-pin or 20+4-pin motherboard main connector, with or without the on/off switch and two SATA power connectors.
The power supplies can be purchased from most local, or online computer stores.
Bev.
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September 12th, 2013 10:00
Thank you, seems like it works a bit now. The problem was due to the fact that the video card was inserted in the wrong slot. It goes green but now, it says 3 and 4 so there most likely is a problem with the RAM and arrangement. Thank you.