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Family_Guy

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March 19th, 2006 13:00

Power Problem

Hi can anybody Help Please.
 
My son has a GX110 and It is refusing to power up. The LED on the front just stays on Orange.
 
Cheers
 
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  • Irish2005

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    Posted March 19th, 2006 17:00

    Sounds like a bad power supply...
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    Posted March 19th, 2006 18:00

    There is power to the Board. The LED in the centre of the On/Off
     Switch stays Yellow / Orange. The cd draw open too so dont think power problem.
  • Winni_265018

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    Posted March 20th, 2006 10:00

    I had yesterday a similar problem with a Dimension 5150. After removing all the cables from the back (in my case, this was mouse, keyboard, usb printer and LAN) and reconnecting only the mouse / keyboard, it worked. If it happens again, I will try cable by calbe (I would guess for the LAN connection), but until now it has not reappeared...
     
    Winni
  • Irish2005

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    Posted March 20th, 2006 19:00

    Try unplug the power from the motherboard. Follow the power cables to the one that goes to a rectangle looking connection and pull it off and plug it back in. Take your time taking it off, sometimes it can be a bit of a pain....

     

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    Posted March 24th, 2006 17:00

    The power light is a troubleshooting indicator. Solid amber power suggests (not set in stone) that the problem could be the motherboard or processor. Intel's biggest gripe with PC manufacturers is that 95% of the returned processors are actually fine, misdiagnosed as faulty. So you can almost always rule that out.

    That fault can be caused by anything plugged into the motherboard, i.e. anything external and anything internal.

    Depending on how technical you are, internal troubleshooting can get to the root of the problem quickly.