You bought an 8 yr old computer that was mainly used in Business settings. First step in setting up an old computer is to buy a new cmos coin cell battery for a couple of dollars. That retains the bios settings when the computer is not connected to power and unused for long length of time. There are 4 diff models of the 7010. Select your manual and get more info including the diagnostic lights and the cmos battery here--
Indeed, Mary is right. It is so futile to troubleshoot or repair any computer this old, let alone an old orphaned dell. You might consider donating it to a museum and take the tax credit.
Buy yourself a new machine, or even a used machine less than 6 months old. You can check the dell store, they have nearly new computers much cheaper than brand new. Some of them were merely sent back due to support issues, and are pristine otherwise.
Mary G
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June 27th, 2020 09:00
You bought an 8 yr old computer that was mainly used in Business settings. First step in setting up an old computer is to buy a new cmos coin cell battery for a couple of dollars. That retains the bios settings when the computer is not connected to power and unused for long length of time. There are 4 diff models of the 7010. Select your manual and get more info including the diagnostic lights and the cmos battery here--
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/optiplex-7010/docs
donm4599x
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June 27th, 2020 14:00
@GarethS10
Indeed, Mary is right. It is so futile to troubleshoot or repair any computer this old, let alone an old orphaned dell. You might consider donating it to a museum and take the tax credit.
Buy yourself a new machine, or even a used machine less than 6 months old. You can check the dell store, they have nearly new computers much cheaper than brand new. Some of them were merely sent back due to support issues, and are pristine otherwise.
Good luck.
bradthetechnut
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June 27th, 2020 15:00
So, according to the seller, the PC worked fine before he messed with it.
Diagnostic blink pattern isn't all that helpful in this case, as it only narrows it down to MB, CPU, or RAM.
Did you try the RAM in slots 1 & 3? What are the RAM specs, including brand?
donm4599x
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June 27th, 2020 17:00
How would the seller know it worked? It didn't come with any ram or hard drive. Sounds like it was sold as a basket job.
bradthetechnut
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June 27th, 2020 18:00
Seller probably removed RAM and HDD.
Trying the RAM in slots 2 & 4 is also am option.
We don't know anything about the HDD, if it has OS and came from another PC, is it brand new, is it formatted?