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Posted on Dec 07, 2008

My pc is not turning on (all the light does is blink orange)

I went to watch a movie and i came back and my Pc was off and when i went to turn it on instead of a green light its orange and then it goes and just keeps blinking(the power button... i let it sit unpluged and it and it still doesnt work i have evary thing pluged into it and im dieing with out it idc if i have to lose evary thing to get it working...
PS the moniter wont come on or anyting like it just sites the in sleep pease help me and im on my moms pc

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  • pissmonkey2 Dec 07, 2008

    oh i for got its a Dell Deminssion E520

  • pissmonkey2 Dec 07, 2008

    Thx but u was hopeing something oppisite of that... just came out of warrently like 1 mounth ago and i guess thats my chrismas presant thx

  • reffu May 08, 2009

    My brother has the same computer and the same thing has happened. I think it might have overheated and damaged something. He accidentally left the cabinet he keeps it in closed and he said it just shut off. I don't know if it is the power supply or the motherboard that was damaged( I am hoping power supply)

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Wow. we have 10 of those Dell dimensions e520 and 2 of them started doing that last week. 1 more this week. mainboard problems. darn! This is gonna be hard to explain to management.

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Woops -the blinking amber light of doom is a common fault on dells -
usually a solid amber is the Power supply while a blinking one indicates Motherboard problems. If machine is still under warranty dell will replace it.
If not then it will cost you to have them replaced.

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