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Anonymous Posted on May 10, 2010

System unit led is yellow and start good condiotion but no signal

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    joecoolvette May 11, 2010

    Suggest the computer - Doesn't start in good condition. It just seems that way. No Signal on the monitor, means the computer is Not sending a video signal. This is because the computer isn't working. Could be due to something as simple as one, or more, Ram Memory modules are loose, and not fully seated in the ram slot. I'm willing to bet it's a bad power supply. Has a weak voltage power rail. Enough power to light light's, maybe spin fans, but not enough to turn the Processor on. 1) ALL the lights use less than 1 Watt of power. 2) EACH fan uses 2 to 3 Watts. 3) A typical Processor uses 51 to 125 Watts. Depends on what processor it is. On the harddrive is a boot sector. The processor must be running in order to find, and implement the boot sector. Otherwise the harddrive just sits there, and spins. Makes it sound as though the harddrive is operating, but it's not. (Inside the harddrive are Platters. They resemble CD disks. These are what is spinning inside the harddrive. More info on this,http://computer.howstuffworks.com/hard-d... ) This is Dell Support, and the User Manual page for the Optiplex 755 series. Click on which style of Optiplex 755 you have,(http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy... ) I chose Desktop for an example. In the left column of the list click on - Troubleshooting. Now click on - Power Lights.

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HI this could be due to static

do the following

1) unplud all the cables from back of the Tower including the power cables

2) press and hold the power button for 30 seconds

3) put back the cables and check.

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your problem is:

When u press the start button... the power LED comes on but there is no POST beep or BIOS screen or boot up. The SMPS fan and Processor fans also dont come on at all. there is a small LED next to the SMPS plug on the motherboard that does light up when the system is connected to a power source.
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IF A&B are yellow and C&D are green it indicates a memory error.

If A&B are yellow and C&D are off then it indicates that the computer is in sleep or reduced power mode.

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