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need dell vostro 200 power supply

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  • 18-11-2010 3:54pm
    #1
    frost
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭


    Got a vostro 200 desktop with steady amber light on startup and fan running at high, nothing else happens (ie no beeps, nothing on monitor, etc)

    Best I can tell is that PSU is faulty, looked on ebay but only seem to be in USA, does anyone know where I can get one in Ireland?

    Thanks!


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    vectra04
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭vectra04


    are you sure the power supply is faulty?would be more inclined to think cpu or motherboard, have you tried reseating the ram?


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    vectra04
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭vectra04


    Could also be the graphics card


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    frost
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭frost


    thanx for that quick reply vectra04,

    i reseated RAM and removed/replaced all internal leads. tried a different external power lead, tried with no peripherals attached, tried with RAM removed. there isnt a separate video card, just the onboard one so i couldnt pull that.

    a week or so ago this was only an intermittent problem, so i managed to do a full dell hardware diagnostic when it was working. of course it turned up nothing ;-)

    is there any way to narrow down the component at fault? dell has very little useful info


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    vectra04
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭vectra04


    Had the same problem with a desktop. turned out to be the graphics card, sorry i can't think of anything else.


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    frost
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭frost


    thanks anyway vectra.

    ...anyone know a good, reasonably-priced pc person in or near wicklow town?


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    Skerries
    Registered Users Posts: 12,460 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    definitely sounds like the PSU, the amber light usually means its the PSU and i'd say its the psu fan going mental as well?
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    #8
    frost
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭frost


    any idea who might sell a compatible power supply in ireland?
    thanks


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    massy086
    Registered Users Posts: 2,845 ✭✭✭massy086


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    BIG OR SMALL ONE


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    massy086
    Registered Users Posts: 2,845 ✭✭✭massy086


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    BIG OR SMALL ONE


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    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    amber light definately indicates either a psu issue, or a mobo one. god damn those dells! ruined my summer :)


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