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the home desktop, which is a 3 yr old Dell something won't switch on - if I press the power buttom it comes on orange, like standby. If I then hold it in it goes off. Can't get it to power up to green light though. It has power ok as green light is coming on at back - any ideas ?
Thanks
Does the light flash/are their additional LEDS on the front - the flash sequence/colour sequence is the fault code on some models.
Have a look at the Dell website for your model for a troubleshooting guide at the very least....
[url= http://www.fixingmycomputer.com/flowcharts/motherboard-troubleshoot-chart.html ]Diagnostic chart, work through .Click the boxes for more info[/url]
bb - no solid orange on the backlight of the power buton only. will check the Dell site, thanks
I've had this with both of my office pc's.
Your power supply is borked. Dell fixed one of mine under warranty and the other was fixed by a mate. It's apparently a fairly easy job and the power supplies cost around £30.
It seems to be a problem with them. Mine spluttered into life once or twice after it first started happening but then they died pretty quickly thereafter. The supplied power supply units are in a 'box' at the back of the tower unit and just need to be unplugged and a new one put in its place.
As a complete technophobe i got somebody else to do it, you may want to do it yourself if you have a better understanding of technology....
Mr Tall - thanks - sounds like what has happened
probably PSU, easy fix.
could be motherboard though, not so easy/cheap but still fixable.
checked warranty - expired last November -(
Can anyone reccomend a pc fixer in Glasgow ?
Borked.
Like most dell pcs more than a few months old 😆