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Can't boot up Dell 5100 Dimension, amber light flashes

By JW266 on Jun 28, 2009

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Can't boot up Dell 5100 Dimension, plugged in power cable, heard one click and then amber light flashes.

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Jun 28, 2009

- Sorry kind of confusing... the power button had amber light flashing and codes show 1, 2, 3 and then it becomes quite..

Jun 28, 2009

- I tried again and now not even see error codes on the panel, just the power button has amber light flashing, fan is not running, so quite, not evening hearing click any more.

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Solution #1

posted on Jun 28, 2009

omnitrix

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Rating: 88%, 2 votes

When you mean the amber light, is that the blinking hard drive access light or the power light? Different cases have different colors on it. Mine has blue and green lights.

If you see the boot screen (bios) and then after it goes to boot, does it blink and hang?

This could be a simple operating system issue, hard drive or hardware/motherboard issue. If you could provide more information, that would help.

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