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Dell Pavilion 570 Desktop, Amber Light.

Rodan1337

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May 23, 2017
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570
My pretty old Dell desktop has the dreaded amber light issue, where one random it refused to power up. I tried most everything, and noticed in the back the green light was on indicating it was recieving power (possibly, i dont really know what that means.) I tried multiple monitors, all the same result, so it is narrowed down to the unit itself. If its any consolation, a power outage happened about a week before, so it might have damaged the motherboard, but it was a pretty powerful computer. Should I take it in, or is it a simple fix? Anyone know whats wrong? It has many memories I need to save. Thanks!
 
https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-570-p000-Desktop-PC-series/13823514/document/c03513214/

If nothing there helps, could be a dead power supply.