I got the steady Amber light of Death in my dell.

Jun 28, 2009

- when the computer started it said I had a floppy drive error so I turned of the diskette drive in the system set up, I didn't deal with the power options. The last time my computer just froze, when I saw that I couldn't bring up the task manager I turned it off, when I turned it back on I got the steady amber light of Death (that's how people are calling it on the web).



I will try your solution bluecrash since you are right about the video card it's pretty big, but I have the evga precision program and it tells me how hot the gpu and the cores are even when I am on a program so I do not let it overheat, also I always keep the cover open, at first I thought it could have been to much dust since I keep it open, but I removed all cards from the motherboard also removed the heat/sink so I cloud clean up, and check the motherboard for rust, dust or leaked electrolytes, just found a little bit of dust, and that did not do anything, the computer is 2 years old it was my brother since he wasn't using it he gave it to me, I have only spent 2 weeks with it and it's my first one, so I do not know a lot about computers if I am off on anything I have written here please correct me.

Bonroe I do not know how can power settings can affect if you would explain I would be grateful.

Bluecrash I will certainly try your solution and will let you know if it worked, any other advice would be useful.

Thank you for your time guys.

Jun 29, 2009

- No I do not think it's heating issues i will take it to a repair shop for a diagnostics test.

Jun 30, 2009

- Got my computer to a repair shop the problem was the power supply's -5v cable which means I have to change the power supply, it's not entirely broken, just that cable, the thing is the -5v cable goes into the MB and damages it, if the computer turns on with the cable reading below -5v I have to check my motherboard but it was power supply.