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by: gavc1966 March 16, 2012 12:13 PM PDT

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Dell Dimension 5150 Not booting Error 1

by gavc1966 - 3/16/12 12:13 PM

Hi, I'm sorry if I'm going over old ground, but I am having an issue with my Dad's computer. He told me that one day it worked then the next day it didn't. I have booted it up and it displays an orange power light, and there is a 1 displayed on the front. I quickly read thru the manual which stated that a 1 was a memory issue. I have done the taking out, and trying each module seperately, but still the same, so I bought some new RAM for it, still the same. Now I am at a loss, as I can only think of going through thing systematically and that could be expensive, especially for an 80 year old. We have bought them a laptop, but he can't get on with it, so the desktop need to be fixed. There is power on the board, as the green light is on next to the RAM, and the network light is working for the router, which says to me that the motherboard is excepting power. Has anybody else had this problem? Many Thanks

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I'd repost in the Dell forum

by Steven Haninger - 3/16/12 2:54 PM

In Reply to: Dell Dimension 5150 Not booting Error 1 by gavc1966

I'm sorry to have to say this but I did recently have a Dell brought to me that wouldn't boot but halted at some front panel code. I was able to determine it did have a voltage out of spec but even a PS swap didn't fix it. It was an oldie and I had to convince the owner to either give it up as lost or pay a hefty price to have a qualified repair person look at it. I knew it needed a PS and it was a proprietary size but I'm suspecting the main issue was the motherboard somewhere. It would have been more to fix it than to replace it with new PC. These things happen and it's a matter of when and not if.


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by gavc1966 - 3/17/12 11:48 AM

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Many thank for replying. The motherboard is what I thought, and like you say a new one would be better. Unfortunately I can't go down that route. My Dad is a little old in the tooth to understand, even though we bought my parents a laptop.my Dad for some reason doesn't think he can get the same websites etc. that's a windows issue, as things have advanced, things don't work the same. I'm going the eBay route I think I can get a used one cheaper than a motherboard, put the two together and give it more RAM. I think that'll work. Many thanks once again


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