blinking amber means power failure, learn that the PC does not know why only that it IS.
the top cases are:
Coin cell dead
PSU see overloads in the PC, (we strip PCs to find what part is shorted) or the mobo strip.
or PSU is bad.
PC have what are called shared resources, if things short boom dead. ever power rails inside shorted, even USB device ! dead shorted, (have proof of all)
if you wont take the lid off , find a shop to fix the PC, the line is long.
Note: On any OptiPlex built since 2012 , Dell has stopped using every beep code - except for the Memory Failure code (1,3,2 or 1 beep, then 3 beeps, then 2 beeps).
Blinking Amber pattern diagnostic suggestions and power supply failure
Solid Amber
The second state of the LED at power-up indicates that the POWER_GOOD signal is active motherboard/cpu is dead
Blinking White
The system is in a low power state, either S1 or S3. This does not indicate a fault condition.
Solid White
The system is in S0 state. This is the normal power states of a functioning machine. The BIOS will turn the LED to these states to indicate it has started fetching op-codes.
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See This chart.
https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln284978/a-reference-guide-to-the-dell-optiplex-diagnostic-indicators?lang=en#2012_to_Present