Dell A,B,C,D lights

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by stickman, May 14, 2013.

  1. stickman

    stickman Private E-2

    I am working on this Dell Dimension 2400. I get power,hard drive lights and fans running. I don't get anything on screen. I don't even get Bios. The A,B,C,D light are A and C are Amber and B and D are green. I can't find any reference to this light combination. I put a PCI video card in and post came up for about 10 seconds and all went blank. Anybody know what the light codes are?

    Thanks.
     
    stickman, May 14, 2013
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  2. foogoo

    foogoo Major "foogoo" Geek

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  3. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    I'd go for the 2nd one here
    http://file.walagata.com/w/perk/MjG/Dell_lights.jpg
    except no PCI card went bad, so the D is green. (You are using a good video card)
    I'd say without anything showing, the video chip on the motherboard is gone. If that's gone, would a video card help?
     
    plodr, May 14, 2013
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