Recent content by Robyndbc53

THANK YOU VERY MUCH jbseven!!!! I don't have a spare PSU lying around; but I will look at the Motherboard for the signs you mentioned above and see if I see anything. I am not crazy about replacing the MOBO, it sounds far beyond my expertise but since this is a computer that has been...

I have ruled out the battery as the problem as of this morning. Now trying to figure out if the PSU is FAILING and looking for signs that will indicate it is a failed PSU or the MOBO is bad. Everything else on this 5 year old tower ( 2010 ) seems to be in working order. I am not totally...

I am NOT LOOKING to upgrade the PSU. I am trying to (REPLACE WHAT IS NOT WORKING ANYMORE). Trying to figure out if the PSU is FAILING and looking for signs that will indicate it is a failed PSU. Everything else on this 5 year old tower ( 2010 ) seems to be in working order. I am not totally...

I hear no drive noise, the cmos battery light does not come on and the display screen stays black. I know there is power, the fans come on, but the system noise I usually hear is non existent. I read a thread somewhere about Dell offering free PSU units to those Inspiron 570 owners with faulty...

I am new here and clicked on the down arrow thinking more information could be seen. Sorry, it wont let me remove it. However, I need to replace the PSU in an Inspiron 570 that I have concluded is the issue with it crashing thanks to this forum. Dell said the part # is: VNKT0 ( PWR...

I have a DELL Inspiron 570 and it will frequently ( as in every other week or so) refuse to boot up. I replace the CMOS battery and it boots up. What could be causing the failure because I don't believe the CMOS battery is preventing the computer from booting. I think it is another failure...