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Problem with Dell Dimension E520 - Won't Boot

  • 16-03-2010 10:43pm
    #1
    dazgib
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭


    OK, I've a fair bit of tech knowledge,done it in college. But this problem is getting past me.

    OK, Its a Dell Dimension E520, about 2 years old.
    When I power it on, The fan starts up and stays on, but the power light stays constant amber.no diagnostic lights come on and nothing coems up on the monitor.I have not made any hardware or software changes in weeks. i shut it down and about an hour later when I went to turn it on, this happened.

    So, What I tried.....
    removing the 2 RAM sticks and reseating them, also the same with the PCI Video & WLAN card and dusting off with spray air.
    Also removed and refitted all the cables on the mobo.

    Still no luck. The amber light is also on on the MOBO.

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    dazgib
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭dazgib


    OK, I took out the CMOS battery, unplugged the power, held in the Powe button to drain residual power. Plugged it back in and powered it on and it booted. loaded the BIOS this time and gave an error on a black screen
    drive 0: Disk Drive
    Floppy Diskette seek failure
    time of day not set - please run setup
    ivalied config info - please run setup
    alert! ssytem battery voltage is low

    So i had it down to the disk drive/floppy disk and now the green diagnostics lights on the front confirmed the disk drive/floppy drive error. looked again and found the power cable to the DVD Drive was loose. So its working now

    So popped back in the CMOS

    booting the BIOS fine and then black screen:
    drive 0: Disk Drive
    Floppy Diskette seek failure

    So im getting this error even though the DVD Drive is working and I dont have a floppy disk drive?
    running dell diagnostics now....


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