My Dell Dimension 4600 will not turn on. I plug it in, and the power light stays orange. I cannot turn the PC off by holding the power button, and nothing shows on the screen. It was working fine yesterday.
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.
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When the pc is turn on the lights of leds is still orange...... the problem of that computer the memory not working properly.... pls remove the memory inside of your computer and clean it to the tissue. then put it again with the same postion.then turn on again the computer if will not work again. remove the memory and get the specification of your memory and buy another memory with the same spicification.........
Hi , it shows that the it's battery needs to be checked and possibly replaced. also get your pc checked by dell service centre
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The CMOS battery?
In response to rahulgaikwad:
I don't have any PCI cards installed. Taking the memory out doesn't provide a beep. I think it may be the MOBO. I replaced the CMOS battery to no avail. Thanks though!
Ranilotabuco: I have removed and replaced the DDR333 memory to no avail. Thanks for the advice though.
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