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hsl47

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December 6th, 2005 16:00

Dimension 4500 will not boot

When I press the power button nothing happens. The light stays green but nothing displays on the monitor - no Dell logo. The hard and floppy drives do not show any activity.

The power supply is good - I swapped it with another computer. I get GGGY indicator lights on the back of the case.

I have reseated all the cards with no change.

Any suggestions?

TIA

osprey4

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December 6th, 2005 17:00

GGGY: Ensure that the cables are properly connected from the hard drive, CD drive, and DVD drive to the system board.

Try that and see if things improve.

hsl47

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December 6th, 2005 19:00

I wish it was that easy. All the cables are connected properly.

osprey4

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December 6th, 2005 21:00

No fan, no post beeps, nothing?

hsl47

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December 6th, 2005 23:00

The fans work, the power button is green, the indicator lights on the back of the case are lit GGGY, the light on the CD/ROM comes on for about one second but there are no beeps or anything else.

osprey4

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December 6th, 2005 23:00

Ok, hopefully you just have a bad device. I would pull out all the drives but the system hard drive and try to boot. Then put them back in one at a time. Make sure jumpers are set to cable select and you install the first device on the end of the cable.

hsl47

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December 7th, 2005 12:00

I unplugg everything without any luck. The indicators on the back of the case stilled displayed GGGY each time.

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