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Dell Optiplex GX1 no power??
Name: Fritty Date: April 15, 2006 at 13:27:16 Pacific OS: Win XP MCE CPU/Ram: 3.2GHz 1GB Product: Buit it Myself!
Comment:
i recienty bought a Dell Optiplex GX1 running windows 2000. since i couldnt log on at all, i decided to upgrade the hard drive and install a fresh copy of win 2k. I unplugged the PC and changed the hard drive. after installing the hard drive the PC dosnt turn on, when i push the power botton on the front of the pc... nothing happens. i looked the the kill switch on the power supply but there isnt one. i opened the case and i noticed that the power supply isnt the problem. when its plugged in, a little LED on the motherboard lights up. so then i put the old hard drive back in, and the same problem. so im wondering if the problem is with the botton that turns on the pc, but i dont know how i would fix that if it was the problem.
Name: bloodhound114 Date: April 15, 2006 at 13:32:45 Pacific
Reply:
Check the wires on everything (power supply, computer, be sure that it is properly pushed into your computer). All I can think of.
Always post back so we know how you did, or if I gave you some bad advice.
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Response Number 2
Name: don2006 Date: April 15, 2006 at 17:22:40 Pacific
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I still think it's the power supply. They go bad from time to time. Remove it and have it tested at some repair shop.
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Response Number 3
Name: Fritty Date: April 17, 2006 at 17:33:21 Pacific
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i got the pc working. when i took it appart and removed everything and put it together peice by peice it works. i think it was shorting itself on the case. the power supply was not my problem.
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