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August 2nd, 2025 16:50

Optiplex 980

Packed my tower up moved and unpacked and set it up.  It will not boot.  Has amber solid lights 2 & 4.  I read manual and it says to replace graphics card.  I did that.  Read to change out battery. Did that still not coming on.  I can’t afford to buy a new one so I need to figure this out.

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August 2nd, 2025 17:12

Will the system power up without a video card at all (i.e., should default to the on-GPU integrated video)?

You will need to connect the monitor directly to the mainboard video port to test.

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August 2nd, 2025 17:30

try clear cmos settings by using motherboard RCTRST jumper.  the lights code are not reliable.

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