My computer died
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So, I had put my computer to sleep. When I woke it up (just move the mouse or press a key on the keyboard), it seemed to come alive but the screen would not show anything (yes the monitor was on and the video cable properly connected) and I waited the appropriate amount of time. So, I turned it off using the hold-long-time button and tried to turn it back on. No go. The little "light" in the button just momentarily flashes and the computer does nothing. Doesn't turn on. No beeps, no nothing. Just the "flash" in the button. I'm thinking (hoping) it's the video card or power supply. Hardware: Dell Optiplex GX620 Any thoughts? TIA
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Hardware: Dell Optiplex GX620
Any thoughts?Don't they come with a 3 year (next business day) onsite warranty? (My Dell did. The co I work for only get hardware with such warranties)
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Sounds like a dead motherboard to me. I just ship 'em back to the warehouse when they do that... But then I don't have a saint's patience for Dell desktops.
This box is too old to ship back. I think it's about 6 or 8 years, old.
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ahmed zahmed wrote:
Hardware: Dell Optiplex GX620
Any thoughts?Don't they come with a 3 year (next business day) onsite warranty? (My Dell did. The co I work for only get hardware with such warranties)
It's out of warranty, the box is about 6 to 8 years old.
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Unfortunately, the power button is part of a small pcb that has a 16 wire ribbon cable running to the mobo. This small pcb also has usb and audio ports.
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You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von BraunAssuming they're visible on the pcb, you could follow the traces from the power button to the ribbon cable connector, determine which wires in the cable are for that button, then find the corresponding pins on the mobo. But that sounds like more effort than I'd like to go through :) . Times like this make it nice to have a Asus P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3[^] that has power and reset buttons directly on the mobo.
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So, I had put my computer to sleep. When I woke it up (just move the mouse or press a key on the keyboard), it seemed to come alive but the screen would not show anything (yes the monitor was on and the video cable properly connected) and I waited the appropriate amount of time. So, I turned it off using the hold-long-time button and tried to turn it back on. No go. The little "light" in the button just momentarily flashes and the computer does nothing. Doesn't turn on. No beeps, no nothing. Just the "flash" in the button. I'm thinking (hoping) it's the video card or power supply. Hardware: Dell Optiplex GX620 Any thoughts? TIA
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von BraunA couple of the computers in the building have an ON button that sticks in the down position - and the power supply shuts off after 10 seconds (like it is suppose to). One of them (HP) has a lever type mechanism that has the panel button on one side and the actual switch on the other side, so when you push the button down the lever mechanism hits the internal switch - well, the lever slipped off its centerpoint and the internal switch was permenantly depressed. Popping the lever back into place fixed it.
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So, I had put my computer to sleep. When I woke it up (just move the mouse or press a key on the keyboard), it seemed to come alive but the screen would not show anything (yes the monitor was on and the video cable properly connected) and I waited the appropriate amount of time. So, I turned it off using the hold-long-time button and tried to turn it back on. No go. The little "light" in the button just momentarily flashes and the computer does nothing. Doesn't turn on. No beeps, no nothing. Just the "flash" in the button. I'm thinking (hoping) it's the video card or power supply. Hardware: Dell Optiplex GX620 Any thoughts? TIA
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von BraunA neighbor called me with a problem similar to yours. I went to her house and tried some tricks (some of them I found by googling the problem). The computer did not respond with anything on the monitor when the power button was pushed. The power supply seemed to be working. The computer refused to boot up. So I simply pulled one memory chip out (so the computer is reduced to half GB of memory, instead of the original 1 GB), and pushed the power button. The computer booted right up. I would imagine that if a memory chip was bad, it would show something in the booting process (POST), but it didn't. Reseating the memory chips will not solve the problem. You have to pull one out and try. If it does not work, put the one in and pull the other one out. It may not be the problem, but it worths a try.
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Generally if it's a power supply it either works or it doesn't. I would start by removing peripherals one by one and turning it on. It may not boot but if you get it past the flash point you may be able to narrow down your problem.
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Version 3.0 now available.I had to do something similar. For awhile, if it was turned off it absolutely would not turn back on unless I kept manually plugging and unplugging the power supply into the motherboard over and over again. One day I spent an hour doing this and I thought that my PC was shot. So I called over my buddy to see if we could hook up his components to see if we could fix it. In the process of putting it back together found out that my LAN card was causing the whole system to short out. Once I removed it, it started working like new.
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From the power supply perspective, "wake from sleep" and being "turned on" are two very different operations. ;P
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That was never true of my ex, the nympho psychotic. One state was indistinguishable from the other.
Will Rogers never met me.
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So, I had put my computer to sleep. When I woke it up (just move the mouse or press a key on the keyboard), it seemed to come alive but the screen would not show anything (yes the monitor was on and the video cable properly connected) and I waited the appropriate amount of time. So, I turned it off using the hold-long-time button and tried to turn it back on. No go. The little "light" in the button just momentarily flashes and the computer does nothing. Doesn't turn on. No beeps, no nothing. Just the "flash" in the button. I'm thinking (hoping) it's the video card or power supply. Hardware: Dell Optiplex GX620 Any thoughts? TIA
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von BraunMy ex-wife's HP died the other day when my son was on it. I opened the case, unplugged everything, removed the video card and reversed the process. While doing so, I noticed at least two connectors to the video card came apart fairly easy. I suspect that the heating and cooling of the computer loosened one of the power connectors to the video card just enough that it couldn't run anything but the cooling fan. When I rebooted, it worked fine (though I'm also sure the power supply is way past it's prime.)
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That was never true of my ex, the nympho psychotic. One state was indistinguishable from the other.
Will Rogers never met me.
Then why is she your ex?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun -
yep, that was it.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun
