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Came home to find computer off. It was left in sleep mode. The moniter keeps saying there is no signal and the keyboard has no power.

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If its truely in sleep mode, and won't come out of sleep mode. Unplug the computer from its power, hold the power button down for 5-15 sec, then wait 2-5 full minutes. Then plug it back in, and turn it on.
If that doesn't work it is NOT stuck in sleep mode. Most dell computers I've worked with the caps go out in the power supply and/or the motherboard. I would next clean out the computer with canned air, check the caps on the motherboard, and in the power supply. If there are any bad caps, replace them, and it should fix it. Hopefully though the above paragraph fixes your problem.

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Sounds like you may have a bad memory module. If you have more then 1 memory module installed in the computer try removing one at a time to see if one is shorting your computer. Make sure the power is OFF when removing memory.

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