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Posted on Aug 04, 2008

Tower Will not turn on.

The PC froze, we restarted it. Now, it will not turn on, the power button just blinks a yellow light.

  • Anonymous Aug 15, 2008

    Tried to power on the tower and nothing but a yellow light.

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Blinking yellow/amber light indicates PS not operating within specs. You can look at replacing the PS but might need to find out if something else caused the PS problem, such as other components caused the PS to overheat, etc. Were you having any problems with any of the drives? Strange noises etc?

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