THE GREEN LIGHT ON THE MOTHERBOARD IS ON.
Disconnect the Power cable / A/c adapter/Battery from computer.
Disconnect External peripherials.
Hold down the power button on the computer for 10 seconds.
Reconnect the power cable or A/c adapter and battery or the computer
Try to turn on the computer
check for Led's on the computer
If still no display ,shut down the computer,disconnect power cable.
Open the computer tower,remove memory modules,reconnect power cable and turn on the computer.If you get a beeping sound after turning on you should be getting beeping sound suggesting the mother board is not bad.Turn on the computer and disconnect power cable from computer.
Reseat 1 memory at a time if you have 2 memory module or if single memory module reseat in different memory slot,swap memory module.
Reconnect the power cable and turn on the computer if it boots to desktop possible issue with 1 of the memory module.
Disconnect the harddrive ide cable from the harddrive .Turn on the computer.
If still unable to power on .Shutdown the computer and disconnect power cable.Remove video card,sound card ,modem card if any .Connect just the vga cable from monitor to the integrated video port.
Connect power cable and turn on the computer.
If computer turns on possible issue with one of PCI or PCI express card.
If still unable to power on.Disconnect the power connector pin from the motherboard and reconnect it back.Turn on the computer check power power led on motherboard,also check if the processor fan is spinning. if no go then issue with motherboard. GOOD Luck.!!
Hold the power button on the tower untill the green light on the motherboard goes off.
Then try to turn on the pc again.
SOURCE: When i press the button to turn on the computer
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Check the connections to the front panel and HDD. Or there might be some problem with the switch on the front panel.
SOURCE: Dell Dimension 5100 will not power up
No doubt you've fixed this or given up by now but in the interest of helping others with this problem here is a solution. I had the same problem and it turned out to be the Front I/O & Control Panel Assembly. I suspect that the USB ports had shorted out and took the whole card down. The not turning on problem was preceded by the USB ports failing. I couldn't figure out how to bypass the card to power the computer. Dell won't help if you are not under warranty (unless you purchase some additional support). I couldn't find a replacement board on Dell's web site but found some other vendors that sold them. I bought one for about $70 and it did the trick. There seems to be at least two similar model numbers for this card. I don't know if they are interchangeable or what the differences are. If you look on the card there should be a series of numbers. Look for an "X" followed by 4 numbers. In my case it was "X8682". This is the model number for the card. If you search for shopping sites with your Dell model and this card number you should find vendors to buy the card. I think this is a design flaw having the USB ports on the same connection as the on switch. It looks like many people have had this problem. One bad usb port and your whole system is taken down. My guess is that the average user is not going to be able to figure this out and will spend lots of money unnecessarily. For those comfortable opening up the case and covers (you can download the manual from the Dell site) and unplugging ribbon cables this is a fairly simple fix. Keep in mind the card won't come with any instructions. Make sure you follow power safety rules and ground yourself.
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