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    Dell Dimension 5150 not booting

    hi everyone,

    My friend is having Dell Dimension 5150 with Windows XP installed in it. His computer has been switched off from past 4-5 days. Whenever he starts his system, he gets some messages regarding some of his hardwares issues and then booting process holds and stops itself. Then when he swtiches off and restarts his PC, the system won't boot ?

    please help.!!

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    Re: Dell Dimension 5150 not booting

    I am also using Dimension 5150. My computer wasn't booting up after I updated my BiOS, unless I removed all the USB and LAN connections.

    Now this is the way I had to boot my PC.

    Remove all connections including power cable and wait for orange light to stop flashing.
    Once the power goes green, I need to start plugging in everything like the USB and LAN cables.

    Note: Don't disconnect the DVI or the sound cable from the tower and Use correct Dell BiOS upgrade

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    Re: Dell Dimension 5150 not booting

    Try this -

    - Remove the power cord.
    - Hold power button in for several seconds to discharge the residue power.
    - Reconnect the 24-pin connector to the motherboard.
    - Remove all the PCI cards, the video card [if applicable], memory, all peripherals.
    - Disconnect the data and power cables to all the drives.
    - Check, the front panel cable is connected to motherboard, with nothing else connected to the system,
    - Reconnect the power cable and power the system on.

    If still you don't get any beep codes or diagnostic lights on the front panel, then it seems that motherboard has died.

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    Re: Dell Dimension 5150 not booting

    Try re-booting your system in Safe Mode -- This can be done by continually pressing F8 during the booting sequence.
    You can then see an option to boot your system at the last known good configuration.

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