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8300: Computer won't start up, flashing amber light
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I had my computer on, and was watching a video. I put it on pause, and left the room to take a shower, but when I came back, my computer was turned off. I thought that was odd, so I tried to turn it back on, and instead the power light was a flashing amber light. No sound at all came from the computer, instead of the usual start up sound.
I tried looking for these 4 LED lights on the back of the computer and found nothing. Maybe they are there, but they aren't lighting up AT ALL.
I tried unplugging the regular cables to the CD ROM and Hard DRive, and replugging them in, and that did nothing. I think I'll try unplugging pretty much everything except the hard drive, and see if it'll start to power up. Also, I've tried searching these posts here, but everything is so old, like a year or two back.
Any help will be much appreciated, and I'll keep my thread up to date with what i'm doing. I really need my newer computer back, instead of having to use this old one from like 7 years ago.
demontrace
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December 9th, 2007 03:00
PETER345
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December 9th, 2007 03:00
failed. If you have a spare PSU, I would try that first.
Peter
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December 9th, 2007 14:00
Peter
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December 9th, 2007 19:00
You need to buy a power supply without the on/off switch.
If you use a PSU with the switch, then you will have to modify the back panel of the case, by cutting a hole for it.
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demontrace
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December 9th, 2007 23:00
PETER345
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December 10th, 2007 02:00
You might just try the old PSU without the HD to see if you get past the flashing power light. It won't boot, but you can probably tell if the old PSU was the problem or not.
Peter
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December 10th, 2007 02:00
demontrace
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December 10th, 2007 04:00