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I am very stumped! I got a new power supply and new motherboard for the PC. The behavior is the same. Any idea's on what else it may be? Only things I have not changed in the PC are: RAM chips, CPU, and power button circuit board. Any ideas on else would give this behavior? Hooking up the MB...

I have looked at the motherboard and did not see any issues with capacitors. None were loose and none were blown. If their is another issue with the mother board that doesn't allow it to boot to bios, then it is not something that is visible. I guess at this point, i'll have to get a new MB...

I'll check the motherboard again, but I don't believe I had seen any evidence of a blown capacitor. I could have missed it though. I'll check and report back.

Hi, I have an Dell Optiplex 330 Tower desktop system and it does not boot any more. I have tried several things to debug it with out any success. The behavior it is exhibiting is: * Solid amber light on the mother board * Solid amber light on the case * No diagnostic codes are being...