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JAR4657 Posts 3 Registration date Wednesday December 23, 2015 Status Member Last seen December 23, 2015 - Dec 23, 2015 at 02:17 PM
JAR4657 Posts 3 Registration date Wednesday December 23, 2015 Status Member Last seen December 23, 2015 - Dec 23, 2015 at 09:58 PM
Hi - I have a Dell Inspiron 660 that will start booting and stops, fans are spinning, but power lite is yellow instead of white. I was trying to clone the hard disk when this happened, so boot order is DVD first. There is no video, and there are no beeps when it starts - sounds normal at first, DVD acts like it is doing something then quits. Doesn't matter if there is a disk in the DVD or not.

I would like to fix it if I can without huge expense as it is about 3 years old. I would very much appreciate some guidance to help me figure out if I should just buy another PC or try to repair this one.

Thanks for any help you can provide.
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
Dec 23, 2015 at 04:54 PM
Did you try running the Dell diagnostics. It's F11 or F12 after you see the Dell Logo.
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JAR4657 Posts 3 Registration date Wednesday December 23, 2015 Status Member Last seen December 23, 2015
Dec 23, 2015 at 08:34 PM
I should have mentioned that I get nothing on the monitor - and I know the monitor works, I have another machine connected to it.
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JAR4657 Posts 3 Registration date Wednesday December 23, 2015 Status Member Last seen December 23, 2015
Dec 23, 2015 at 09:58 PM
Update - I pulled/replaced the battery, now I get a white power lite, but still nothing after the dvd thrashes a bit. I read in another topic that pulling the RAM should result in some beeps - tried that and no beeps. Does this imply the motherboard is toast?
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