I dont know if this is the right place to post this but here i go.
i have a dell xps 730 and it wont start up. when i turn it on all of the fans start working really hard and loud and the computer start doing beep sounds and i also notice that the motherboard letter reads fb instead of ff which is what it says when its normally working. also when i connect the monitor it says that it has no signal.
i didnt turn on the computer for like a year and it was all dusted. i already brake it apart and clean it and still nothing.
ill appreciate if some advice to try to fix it before take in it to the tech. thank you.
I have one that is also experiencing the same problem. It is a hand me down from my sister. When I opened it up, I thought I had just opened a vacuum bag! It was packed with dust. After thorough vacuuming and pressurized air cleaning, I tried powering it up. All systems appeared to be working, but no video output. I tried a different video board, still nothing. After numerous attempted restarts, I did get a startup screen on the monitor, but it froze almost immediately.
I booted into the F12 utility and rand the system diagnostics. It came up with a memory error. I removed all 4GB of member (4 1GB modules) and tried a reboot with only one module. Everything works! If I add any more memory, it stops. So I'm updating all of the anti-virus, anti-spyware and the utilities while I can. Then I'll try more memory. (All of the modules tested OK when running the memory test individually.)
Ozxx
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April 26th, 2012 22:00
I dont know if this is the right place to post this but here i go.
i have a dell xps 730 and it wont start up. when i turn it on all of the fans start working really hard and loud and the computer start doing beep sounds and i also notice that the motherboard letter reads fb instead of ff which is what it says when its normally working. also when i connect the monitor it says that it has no signal.
i didnt turn on the computer for like a year and it was all dusted. i already brake it apart and clean it and still nothing.
ill appreciate if some advice to try to fix it before take in it to the tech. thank you.
kruck113
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April 7th, 2014 16:00
I have one with the same problem. I am working on diagnosing it. Have you fixed yours yet?
Foveator
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May 3rd, 2014 14:00
I have one that is also experiencing the same problem. It is a hand me down from my sister. When I opened it up, I thought I had just opened a vacuum bag! It was packed with dust. After thorough vacuuming and pressurized air cleaning, I tried powering it up. All systems appeared to be working, but no video output. I tried a different video board, still nothing. After numerous attempted restarts, I did get a startup screen on the monitor, but it froze almost immediately.
I booted into the F12 utility and rand the system diagnostics. It came up with a memory error. I removed all 4GB of member (4 1GB modules) and tried a reboot with only one module. Everything works! If I add any more memory, it stops. So I'm updating all of the anti-virus, anti-spyware and the utilities while I can. Then I'll try more memory. (All of the modules tested OK when running the memory test individually.)
That's as far as I have gotten.