I have a Dell Studio XPS 8100 that won't boot. Here is what I have done
Unplugged power cord from PSU and waited until mobo led went out, then plugged cord back in mobo led lights up but PSU led was very very dim.
Research on the web and found how to do a paperclip test for PSU. When I did that test the PSU led was light and bright and PSU started. So I reconnected the PSU back to mobo and plugged in power cord to PSU, again PSU led very dim.
Also check the power button by shorting the pins on mobo to bypass power button. That provided the same results, no start, mobo led lit up, PSU led very very dim.
I also remove all cables, drives, and card (memory and graphics) basically removed everything but the CPU from the mobo and reseated them as one post on here said it might be loose cable or peripheral.
I'm leaning toward mobo being the issue only because the PSU led lights up bright when the 24 pin connector is removed from the mobo.
Mobo: G3HR7, Dell Studio XPS 8100
PSU: PS-6351-2 CPB09-001B ATX0350D5WC Watt, 10 years old
Hard Drives: Samsung 850EVO 250Gb 50% full and Seagate ST31500341AS 30% full
GPU: ATI Radeon Model # unknown
OS: Windows 10
Just looking for validation or other possible things to check. Thx in advance
Unplugged power cord from PSU and waited until mobo led went out, then plugged cord back in mobo led lights up but PSU led was very very dim.
Research on the web and found how to do a paperclip test for PSU. When I did that test the PSU led was light and bright and PSU started. So I reconnected the PSU back to mobo and plugged in power cord to PSU, again PSU led very dim.
Also check the power button by shorting the pins on mobo to bypass power button. That provided the same results, no start, mobo led lit up, PSU led very very dim.
I also remove all cables, drives, and card (memory and graphics) basically removed everything but the CPU from the mobo and reseated them as one post on here said it might be loose cable or peripheral.
I'm leaning toward mobo being the issue only because the PSU led lights up bright when the 24 pin connector is removed from the mobo.
Mobo: G3HR7, Dell Studio XPS 8100
PSU: PS-6351-2 CPB09-001B ATX0350D5WC Watt, 10 years old
Hard Drives: Samsung 850EVO 250Gb 50% full and Seagate ST31500341AS 30% full
GPU: ATI Radeon Model # unknown
OS: Windows 10
Just looking for validation or other possible things to check. Thx in advance
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