My computer wont turn on..
its a desktop. The fans wont even turn on. It's dead. I unplug and plug the power cord back in but it still wont turn on. .it's a Dell Demension 4600. I opened it up and the power supply is getting to the motherboard, cuz the little light is on. But when i press the power buttton it doesn't turn on. I did a research and somewhere it said that i should try using a screwdriver to connect to pins on the motherboard to see if its the switch which is broken. I can't find the two pins though. Can someone help me? AND is there another way to get my computer to power on?
The motherboard looks like this:
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/6889/123resized3ut.jpg
The blue box on the lower right hand corner is where the wires from the power button connect to (in the pic)
2007-12-08 16:52:22 · 14 answers · asked by ? 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
The power button should be two posts. i think the wires are white and blue? find those two posts and touch them with a screw driver. If your computer turns on then your switch is bad. Sounds to me like it is either a bad mother board or a bad power supply.
2007-12-08 16:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by rollnpc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a lotta stuff on the Internet when you google "dimension 4600" "power". But even Dell's support page doesn't seem to say a lot about the pinout of that connector. You can check though, the link is below:
A few people said with this problem, their motherboard was shot, even with the light on it (the "yup there's power here" lite). And a few others said replacing a power supply even with the light on helped them. Nobody mentioned a switch.
I do know that Dell's power supplies are Dell's power supplies. Any other computer can use a generic power supply, but Dell's computers can't.
I'm leaning a little towards the defective mobo tho.
2007-12-08 17:44:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like there's obviously something wrong. Is it just plain old dead? Is your motherboard fried? If not, then perhaps you should use the warranty (hopefully not out of date) and send it in to Dell for a nice check up. good luck :)
2007-12-08 16:55:25 · answer #3 · answered by winds_of_justice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know it's a bit basic, but make sure that the cord is all the way plugged into the computer. This happened to me and it took me like four hours to figure it out. -_-
2007-12-08 16:56:58 · answer #4 · answered by realivelite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is the switch on in the back... the port could b fried, ur PSU could be dead, u may ahve loose connections. have someone look at it if u cant figure it out using logic...
2007-12-08 16:57:04 · answer #5 · answered by jon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are in way over your head. Find a friend with hardware savy skills and tools or bite the bullet and put it in the shop.
2007-12-08 16:57:13 · answer #6 · answered by DonPedro 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your computer wont turn on then how did you put this on?i would never use any thying on it, get a pro to look at it
2007-12-08 17:00:22 · answer #7 · answered by y&r phillis ever married to vict 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This one need to go to a computer teck for analysis.
2007-12-08 16:57:04 · answer #8 · answered by Rich 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres a battery on it. I dont know if that would cause your computer not to start, but maybe if you replace it itll work. dunno. i would recommend going to a professional [computer service, such as at bestbuy, staples, compusa, circuit city] and have them look at it if that doesnt work.
2007-12-08 16:58:30 · answer #9 · answered by ChrisNY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perseverance always pays.
2007-12-08 16:57:18 · answer #10 · answered by Cooooool 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋