veedubfreak
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Yep, i dealt with dells for over 3 years at my last job. 99% of the time, a blinking amber light = dead mobo.
Well, things turned out even better. I brought the power supply back to work this morning so that I could return it to my supervisor. When I did, he said "Why did you take it back out if it worked. It was a gift. What the **** am I going to do with an extra power supply?"
I can name at least 15 different reasons for your failure. Many only know of one or two. Therefore every reply is "it could be this or might be that". Useless.I did some searching on the internet and found that this seems to be a common issue on these Dells, sort of a long term infant mortality issue. The most common causes seem to be a bad PSU, MOBO or a shorted USB input.