Anonymous Posted on Sep 04, 2014

Why will my PC not start?

Power switch blinking amber

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Richardkl

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Posted on Sep 04, 2014

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It is in sleep mode, unplug from the wall wait 1 hour and plug back in and press the power button

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Mandeep Singh

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Posted on Nov 03, 2008

SOURCE: Dell 2400 PC- blinking amber light.

Hi Sherri,
The symptom that you are facing generally refers to bad power supply. The same can be resolved by replacing the same. You can call dell sales to procure a new power supply. However to troubleshoot and make sure if power supply has gone bad , use the link below

http://tinyurl.com/6ezjbp

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Walter H Boehm

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Posted on Dec 25, 2008

SOURCE: by dell dimension4300 power switch is just blinking amber and wil

A Blinking Amber or Yellow power button means that the power supply is receiving power from the source but is unable to properly distribute it to the components. This can be caused by a defective power supply or a defective motherboard. Just to make sure that nothing else is causing the problem, remove any PCI cards like modem, video card, sound card, etc... Remove the memory modules and disconnect cables to CD/DVD drives. Look at the USB ports to see if any are damaged.

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Anonymous

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Posted on Nov 07, 2009

SOURCE: start button blinks amber - cannot start pc

Hi,
Press and hold the start button for more than 10 seconds continuouly. then try to switch on after 10 seconds. your system should start now without any problem. I hope this is helpful to you

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