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From: joe on 15 Jun 2008 23:04
I put it all back together, and gave it one more try. This time it
started.

It has done this before. The computer will run and run but if I cut it off,
it might not start again. It has been doing this for months. However, this
most recent time I have had the most trouble getting it to start up. I
thought
for sure the power supply was faulty but obviously, that is not the problem.

I still don't know what the problem might be.



From: w_tom on 16 Jun 2008 12:27
On Jun 15, 10:32 pm, "joe" <bry...(a)bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I just got in from the weekend and tried again. Once again I get the
> beep code mentioned previously and now I am getting two green
> lights. There are a total of 6 lights, 3 on the left side and 3 on the
> right. Of the 3 on each side, the middle light of each is about 1/2
> inch higher on the front panel.

How did you know a power supply was defective? How do you know a
new power supply is good? You did not and you do not. Wild
speculation does not identify any defect and is not sufficient to
replace any part. Furthermore, a defective supply can boot a
computer. A perfectly good supply can fail in some computers. If you
did not take voltage measurements, no numbers means you know nothing
about either power supply.

Nobody is going to tell you what those beep codes report. Those
beeps are reporting facts that were provided. What exactly does the
beep code complain about? You must compare those beep codes to error
messaged in the charts.

It is a Dell. It has diagnostic lights. Meaning of those lights
were provided in Dell documentation AND in a URL provided by Paul.
Nobody is going to do what only you can do best. Compare those charts
to your lights. Report error messages for beep codes, for diagnostic
lights, and what those voltages are.

It is a Dell. It comes with comprehensive diagnostics - provide
free on a CD-Rom, in a diagnostic partition on the hard drive, and
from Dell's web site. Comprehensive hardware diagnostics are for
solving your problem. What did diagnostics report? But again, you
must do the work and report back.

Information from each paragraph, if provided, means the very next
post answers your question. Getting you to perform such simple tasks
has become more difficult than pulling teeth. Until you do these
simple things (without knowing why), then you will never solve the
problem. That computer is not the problem. You are. You are not
doing what works for an immediate solution.

Rather than waste time describing light locations, instead, you have
the chart. Read it. What do diagnostic lights report? What is that
beep code error message? What are those power supply voltages? What
do comprehensive hardware diagnostics report?

Stop entertaining emotions or psychic suggestions. No reason exists
to suspect the power switch. Time was wasted (maybe making the
problem worse) by replacing the power supply. Posters have described
how to 'follow the evidence'. Stop with the wild speculation. Post
answers to every sentence in that above paragraph to obtain a
solution.
From: joe on 16 Jun 2008 20:08
Take your meds Tom and chill.


"w_tom" <w_tom1(a)usa.net> wrote in message
news:305c6659-95a5-4b8f-8a7f-773d29e4b39d(a)l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Jun 15, 10:32 pm, "joe" <bry...(a)bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> I just got in from the weekend and tried again. Once again I get the
>> beep code mentioned previously and now I am getting two green
>> lights. There are a total of 6 lights, 3 on the left side and 3 on the
>> right. Of the 3 on each side, the middle light of each is about 1/2
>> inch higher on the front panel.
>
> How did you know a power supply was defective? How do you know a
> new power supply is good? You did not and you do not. Wild
> speculation does not identify any defect and is not sufficient to
> replace any part. Furthermore, a defective supply can boot a
> computer. A perfectly good supply can fail in some computers. If you
> did not take voltage measurements, no numbers means you know nothing
> about either power supply.
>
> Nobody is going to tell you what those beep codes report. Those
> beeps are reporting facts that were provided. What exactly does the
> beep code complain about? You must compare those beep codes to error
> messaged in the charts.
>
> It is a Dell. It has diagnostic lights. Meaning of those lights
> were provided in Dell documentation AND in a URL provided by Paul.
> Nobody is going to do what only you can do best. Compare those charts
> to your lights. Report error messages for beep codes, for diagnostic
> lights, and what those voltages are.
>
> It is a Dell. It comes with comprehensive diagnostics - provide
> free on a CD-Rom, in a diagnostic partition on the hard drive, and
> from Dell's web site. Comprehensive hardware diagnostics are for
> solving your problem. What did diagnostics report? But again, you
> must do the work and report back.
>
> Information from each paragraph, if provided, means the very next
> post answers your question. Getting you to perform such simple tasks
> has become more difficult than pulling teeth. Until you do these
> simple things (without knowing why), then you will never solve the
> problem. That computer is not the problem. You are. You are not
> doing what works for an immediate solution.
>
> Rather than waste time describing light locations, instead, you have
> the chart. Read it. What do diagnostic lights report? What is that
> beep code error message? What are those power supply voltages? What
> do comprehensive hardware diagnostics report?
>
> Stop entertaining emotions or psychic suggestions. No reason exists
> to suspect the power switch. Time was wasted (maybe making the
> problem worse) by replacing the power supply. Posters have described
> how to 'follow the evidence'. Stop with the wild speculation. Post
> answers to every sentence in that above paragraph to obtain a
> solution.


From: philo on 17 Jun 2008 03:59

"joe" <bry333(a)bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:HDG4k.4669$Nr.1353(a)bignews6.bellsouth.net...
> I found batt that I am sure is fairly new, and reset cmos jumper.
> Reseated ram and video card.
> At some point it tried to start and I got the following error code.
>
> Error code
> long beep, long pause, then three long beeps with short pauses between
> them, then long pause and then two long beeps with only a short beep
> between them. That is it. A total of 6 beeps.
>

Consult the manual for your motherboard to see what that error code means.
If you do not have a manual, it will be avail on-line.

(Most beep codes are for either RAM or video errors.)



> "philo" <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:7--dnZbjZu88bc_VnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d(a)ntd.net...
> >
> > "joe" <bry333(a)bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> > news:btB4k.5003$LL4.4910(a)bignews7.bellsouth.net...
> >> It is a dell E510. I know this isn't a dell forum but still the
smartest
> >> forum around and so here I am with this question. The dell was
> >> not starting. I changed out the power supply and no luck. With
> >> either ps, the green light on mobo is on.
> >>
> >> I press start button and there is a yellow light that blinks inside
just
> >> behind the switch.
> >>
> >> I have been working on this for weeks because after a day or two,
> >> it will start fine.
> >>
> >> What do you all think??
> >>
> >> Right now it is in state where it will not start. I put the new ps in
> >> again and still it won't start.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Things to do:
> >
> > Try resetting the cmos.
> >
> > Also check the voltage on your cmos battery...
> > funny things can happen with a low (but not totally dead) battery.
> >
> > Also check that all your cards and RAM are properly seated
> >
> >
>
>


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