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Go to SolutionXPS 720 dead (won't boot, no bios...)
I have an eight months old XPS 720 that has gone dead on me.
I shut down one day and when I powered on the next day I got a black screen.
1. When I power on, fans starts to run, and lights are on but there is no signal to the monitor.
2. Having already replaced the graphics card once, I tried with another card to see if that was the problem again. It's not.
I am suspecting the motherboard is shot - both from the fact that I can't even get bios info to the monitor and that I have read about problems with XPS motherboards ...
This can be caused by hardware conflicting
I would
1. Flea Power (disconnect power, hold power button 15 seconds, release power button, plug in, start)
if no go:
2. ( I assume the second Video card is fine) strip the system to a single stick of memory, video card (remove all other cards and peripherals except display)
if no go:
3. try a different PSU
if No go:
replace Mobo as you say
also see The Dell troubleshooting guide for this No Post situation
I went through most of the wizard, and have had some communications with Dell. The service guy was here today to replace the motherboard, but had to leave it as he had received a physically broken replacement... If all goes well it's the mobo and I get it fixed tomorrow.
roguetarsier
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Posted January 29th, 2009 08:00
Hello,
I'm having the same problem with my machine. Did replacing the motherboard fix the problem?
roguetarsier
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Posted January 30th, 2009 07:00
Havard,
Thanks for your response. My warranty has expired but I will look into having someone replace the motherboard.
Thanks again :)
The_Namek
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Posted January 14th, 2009 10:00
Havard,
According to the front quad pack diagnostics LEDs troubleshooting wizard for XPS desktops a 134 pattern means "Routine System Activity preceding video initialization." You can try stripping the system down as detailed in the rest of that wizard if you like. Odds are it's probably a motherboard problem. You might want to try replacing the CMOS battery first as odd POST and startup problems have sometimes been resolved by installing a new one. They only cost a few bucks.