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#1093502 - 10/25/09 01:01 AM Blinking Power Button Light
Bowler1
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Posts: 174 		I have a Dell Optiplex GS 270 and the darn thing will not fire up. The power button,when pushed,flashes amber,and there it sits, quiet as a mouse. The only thing that was changed was a tv out vid. card, and more memory.The unit worked fine since I changed those areas, but all of a sudden I go and look at the machine to use it,(we keep it on all the time)and thats when I saw the light blinking. I first thought it went into hibernation, but as I recall, the power management was set to not turn anything off, as in monitor, hard drive, etc. My thoughts lead to possibly being the power supply. Anyone think that I am on the right trail, or could it be something totally different. Thank you for any ideas on this.
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#1093676 - 10/25/09 10:17 AM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: Bowler1]
Z Genius Lusifer
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Loc: inside your head & under your ... 		Sounds like you might try reseating the components you just popped in. Maybe one is askew......
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#1094075 - 10/26/09 08:40 AM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: Z Genius Lusifer]
ovidtech
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Loc: Behind The Furnace 		If thats all you get when first turn it on, can you hear the fans or the HD spinning up?
No beeps?
I would pull the new memory out and retry with the old.

Also found that there was a problem with capacitors on the MB.
You can visually check them for swelling and bulging tops.

http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=450

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13709831
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#1094093 - 10/26/09 09:53 AM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: ovidtech]
Bowler1
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Posts: 174 		ZGL: I took all the boards and memory out and re-seated them: same song after that. Ovidian: There is no sound what so ever, no fan, hd sound,no beeps just pushed the button and it starts blinking. I did take out the stuff I added, and tried it, still winkin blinkin and nod !! I did read about the caps being funky, and about those models having issues with the mo bo or power supply. I guess I have to get a magnifying glass out to look at each capicators. Another Monday morning headache. I will poke and hope !!
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#1094099 - 10/26/09 10:04 AM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: Bowler1]
ovidtech
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Loc: Behind The Furnace 		If you have a spare PS that is known to be good, that would be a quick check to confirm/eliminate it. You don't need to actually install it to test.

Another potential problem.
Chassis Intrusion Switch

http://www.computing.net/answers/hardware/flashing-power-button/56433.html

http://www.sayresd.org/technology/techti...ide/chsintr.htm

Edited by ovidtech (10/26/09 10:19 AM)
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#1094283 - 10/26/09 05:42 PM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: ovidtech]
Bowler1
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Posts: 174 		Ovidian: I checked the info out, and I bypassed the switch, then I then removed the switch all together, and still no go. I did read where you may have to go in the set up to change in there, but as you know the computer does not even get that far. I did look at all the capicitors and they were all good looking. I am going to try to find a powewr supply and see from there. Thanks !! Any more ideas, feel free to throw them out there.
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#1094316 - 10/26/09 06:42 PM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: Bowler1]
CWFolk
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Loc: Seneca County, NY 		As others have stated; if you have reseated all the components and the capacitors look OK you are down to two likely options:
1) bad PS -- pretty common;
2) bad MOBO; unfortunately also common but hopefully not the culprit as these are generally a little more than PS...

good luck to you.
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#1094333 - 10/26/09 07:25 PM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: CWFolk]
ovidtech
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Loc: Behind The Furnace 		Keep us posted Bowler1. CWF is likely correct, PS, next step.
And just for the record, Ovidian and I are 2 different people. No harm, no foul.
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#1094336 - 10/26/09 07:37 PM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: ovidtech]
Z Genius Lusifer
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Loc: inside your head & under your ... 		thats a good thing to keep people straight on ovidtech.....lol
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#1094340 - 10/26/09 07:43 PM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: ovidtech]
Bowler1
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Posts: 174 		Ovidtech: 1000 apologies !!! My eyes saw one thing and my brain wrote the totally opposite. I think my money is going with the power supply. I sure will keep you abreast. CW: I missed your post, scrolled right on by, gotta chean my coke bottles off i guess. thank you !!
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#1094351 - 10/26/09 08:03 PM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: Bowler1]
ovidtech
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Loc: Behind The Furnace 		It's bad enough I use his moniker to run tabs at the local watering holes.
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#1094352 - 10/26/09 08:04 PM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: ovidtech]
Z Genius Lusifer
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Loc: inside your head & under your ... 		HA
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#1094359 - 10/26/09 08:26 PM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: CWFolk]
Madka Owdiseez
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Originally Posted By: CWFolk
As others have stated; if you have reseated all the components and the capacitors look OK you are down to two likely options:
1) bad PS -- pretty common;
2) bad MOBO; unfortunately also common but hopefully not the culprit as these are generally a little more than PS...

good luck to you.




Bad, or improperly seated, RAM can cause this problem also.
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#1094369 - 10/26/09 08:41 PM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: Madka Owdiseez]
Z Genius Lusifer
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Loc: inside your head & under your ... 		that is exactly what happened to me once...
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#1095042 - 10/28/09 08:02 AM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: Z Genius Lusifer]
Bowler1
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Posts: 174 		Ovidtech: (got it right this time!!) power supply was the culprit. Thank you all for the insight.
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#1095105 - 10/28/09 09:22 AM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: Bowler1]
bluezone
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Loc: USA 		Sometimes you can tell if the power supply has failed is if the cooling fans are not turning.
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#1095212 - 10/28/09 12:44 PM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: bluezone]
Bowler1
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Posts: 174 		That was the sign I got too, everything was deader than a doornail.
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#1098251 - 11/02/09 12:36 PM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: Bowler1]
Josephus
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Originally Posted By: Bowler1
That was the sign I got too, everything was deader than a doornail.

It sure sounds like your power supply to me. Pretty easy to fix, actually for I think about 30 -$40.00. All you're really doing is unplugging the old power supply, removing it and replacing with the new one.
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#1101793 - 11/10/09 08:01 AM Re: Blinking Power Button Light [Re: Josephus]
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Loc: USA 		the hardest part is usually removing the cover on the tower.
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