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No Power to Dell 5100 desk top

chinadmckenz on Jan 15, 2009

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My son had used the PC and powered it down, 2 days later I went to use it and it would not turn on. I took it to an IT person at my job and he tried 2 different power cords and neither of them worked. He then figured that I had a bad power supply. Please assist looking for another one. The warranty expired.

Solution #1

posted on Jan 15, 2009

rtrahan

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I can do it for you but I need your Service Tag#. This is located either on the side or bottom of your PC case on a stick on note. Dell is able to provide hardware specifically on your computer based on the service tag#. Or if you have access to another computer you can go to the Dell website, click on support and it will automatically ask for your Tag#. A summary of all the hardware on your computer, to include, wattage for you power supply. The power supply must match exactly, too much power will ruin your motherboard, too little power will not be able to power up all of your peripherals.

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Solution #2

posted on Jan 15, 2009

ziraffa

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Hi,
You can buy the correct power pack for the D5100 from here:
http://www.affordablesurplus.com/dell-5100-5150-power-supply.asp
or here:
http://www.911forpcs.com/dedi51posufr.html

Fixya!

Chris (ziraffa)

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