Power switch would not work - so I did the work-around on Tom's blog(OLOD orange light of death) - power on BUT :1st: orange light (Power UP Button)stays on(should be blue) -2nd: computer system not working - does not get to BOOT system even (where you select F2)? What's the problem?? This is a DELL Inspiron 530, I have had it for 4 or 5 years. All of a sudden power switch don't work - so I did the above work-around where you run a ground wire to chasis - it powered up but two symptoms as listed above.
Clarification: I did the wiring change mentioned on your site -(OLOD orange light of death)- that is splice into the green ground wire from the power supply, touched the wire to ground on chasis - fans came up to speed - power seemed to be on - but system did not come up?? As I mentioned above - the power button stayed orange (should have turned to blue) - system did not get to BOOT file (where you can select "F2" to modify boot sector. Just ran like that - actually hung there for-ever. I messed around some more AND finally got the system to come up by hitting POWER on/off switch. I was able to power down -then- power up system - now I am afraid to POWER OFF
AGAIN - FOR FEAR I CANNOT BRING THE SYSTEM UP AGAIN. So my question is what went wrong with the ground wire thing your site describes -(OLOD orange light of death)- . I suspect the "amber" light on the "mother board" was not lite - when the fan came on - BUT-
system did not come up. I was wondering is there is a "reset" button I could have pushed (on the mother board or where-ever)???
Clarification: I did the wiring change mentioned on your site -(OLOD orange light of death)- that is splice into the green ground wire from the power supply, touched the wire to ground on chasis - fans came up to speed - power seemed to be on - but system did not come up?? As I mentioned above - the power button stayed orange (should have turned to blue) - system did not get to BOOT file (where you can select "F2" to modify boot sector. Just ran like that - actually hung there for-ever. I messed around some more AND finally got the system to come up by hitting POWER on/off switch. I was able to power down -then- power up system - now I am afraid to POWER OFF
AGAIN - FOR FEAR I CANNOT BRING THE SYSTEM UP AGAIN. So my question is what went wrong with the ground wire thing your site describes -(OLOD orange light of death)- . I suspect the "amber" light on the "mother board" was not lite - when the fan came on - BUT-
system did not come up. I was wondering is there is a "reset" button I could have pushed (on the mother board or where-ever)???