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Dylangiantsfan
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February 13th, 2023 00:00
Dell latitude 5300 not turning on. Amber light when holding down power button.
Hello, I have a dell latitude 5300 which I just replaced the battery for. The laptop booted up just fine after for a few days, however I came back to it today after leaving it on the charger and it’s completely dead. Power button does nothing, except turn on the Amber light in front of the laptop. It turns off as soon as I let go of the power button. Holding down the power button does nothing except leave the light on. So far I have tried reseating the battery cable, reseating the RAM, and taking the battery out and trying to run it from the charger. I haven’t gotten any change of result. Does anyone know what this might mean? Thanks
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Posted February 14th, 2023 13:00
First of all try a reset. Disconnect the battery and adapter then press and hold down the power button for 30 seconds. Then reconnect everything and try to boot again. Did you install a genuine Dell OEM battery? It's hard to believe a 3rd party battery could cause the issue but anything is possible. When you plug in the adapter does the light on the adapter go out? If so that means a short either in the adapter, the DC jack, or on the MB itself. If you take out the RAM do you hear any beeps or see any error diagnostic lights? In general it sounds like a power circuit problem on the MB.
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Posted February 14th, 2023 16:00
I did not use a Dell battery which may have been a mistake. I tried two different power adapters and for both of them the light does not turn off. I will try unplugging the RAM and trying to boot to see what happens.
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Posted January 16th, 2025 22:57
Hi Dylan, I’m experiencing the exact same issue with my laptop as you described. Were you able to figure out the cause? What turned out to be the problem?
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Posted September 13th, 2025 19:55
Same problem facing anyone found solution?
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Posted October 22nd, 2026 05:46
Same probleme here .. i did unplugged every thing wireless antenna , fan , ram ,battery and nothing happned only the amber on when pressing power button
Does any one found a sloution please mail me
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Posted February 14th, 2023 11:00
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