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Dell Dimension 4600 will not power on

Asked by kbarboza in General Computer Systems, Personal Computers

Tags: dell, 4600, dimension, power

Dell Dimension 4600

Press power on button, nothing happens.
Only thing showing power in the system is small green light on the motherboard.

Tested power supply with a computer that does not have a P2 connector, and it started the other computer. P2 connector on power supply tested at 12 volts with voltmeter.
Plugged in power supply and tested all leads on P1. They all showed 5 volts except for the brown and green wires, which I believe to be grounds.

Tested switch for continuity and showed no or minor resistance (.01). One light on switch lights up while the other light on the switch is burnt out. Do not know if burnt out light in switch would keep computer from starting but would think not.

As per Dell support, I started disconnecting the following parts one at a time, tested, and reconnected them in the order given. No success was found with any. Disconnected fan, removed add-on board, removed memory no error beeps, and disconnected all IDE devices and power to them. Again, no success was found in removing, testing, and reconnecting the hardware.

At this point, troubleshooting seems to point towards a bad system board. Need help. Any ideas??

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Dell Dimension 4600 will not power on

Asked by kbarboza in General Computer Systems, Personal Computers

Tags: dell, 4600, dimension, power

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