[olug] OT: Dell Help?

[Steve Litt]

Eric W. Biederman said on Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:05:19 -0500

>Craig Wolf <wolfout101 at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Thank you all for the ideas!!
>>
>> This is a Dell XPS 8940 with a proprietary PS (long square ones) that
>> delivers power to the drives through the MB.  Don't have any with
>> that style power supply to pull from to test with.  Replacement PS
>> was guaranteed to function so there is that...  No lights on the MB
>> when plugged in or power on attempted.  MB capacitors are clean.
>> Both power supplies do not have the test switch.
>> Last item to test before the MB HAS to be the problem is the power
>> switch. I ordered one for $15 to verify if it is the problem child.
>> Power switch has 5 pins so not even sure WHICH ones to short to see
>> if it is the switch, hence the purchase...
>> Has an Nvidia card and built in video, hasn't made a difference if
>> in or not.
>> System warranty expired last year so no help there and Dell wants me
>> to pay to troubleshoot with them (understandably).  
>
>I don't know if this will help, but long ago if the cpu was executing
>instructions and starting to boot (but failed somewhere along the way)
>you would get a beep code.
>
>Is that something modern motherboards still do?

I think they still do, if and only if you have one of those tiny beep
speakers connected to the proper pins of your motherboard, and most
modern computers and mobos don't ship with the beep speaker. I think
you can buy one for about five bucks.

SteveT

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