XPS 400 boot - diag lights on 1,2,3 - flashing cursor upper left side

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• XPS 9000 froze and restart does not start - get the cursor flashing, top left of the screen

  System was working normally and after some time froze - no mouse movement, clock does not move, etc.

  Did a stop down with the power button (hold down 10 sec +) to stop.

  On switching on, does not pass through the boot sequence.  F2 does nothing and the only sigh of 'life' is a blinking cursor, upper left corner of the screen.  Tried to close - turn several times with the same result.

  I suspect a motherboard problem because there is no start. Don't know any other tricks to try to resuscitate the box.

  Does anyone have experience/solution for this type of problem?

  WGR,

  As there is no "beeps", I guess as a failed motherboard.

  Try the following, if you are comfortable working around computers:

  Note: The only 100% POWER supply test method, is to install a known working power.
  
  Unplug the power cord, hold the power button in for about 15-20 seconds, open the case, disconnect the power connector 24-pin motherboard and jumping the Green wire to one of the black wires, plug in the power cord and the power of the system, if food and case fans and disk hard drive performance then the power supply should be good.

  Note: Do not remove the wires from the plug, use a small piece of wire or a paper clip as a rider.

  Excerpt from power supply, again, unplug the power cord, hold the power button again for 15/20 seconds to discharge residual power, reconnect the connector 24 pin to the motherboard.
  Remove all the computer PCI cards, remove the video card [as appropriate], disconnect all devices, except the monitor, mouse and keyboard and unplug cable power & data of all readers.
     
  Reconnect the power cord and power the system on, see if you get something different from the LED on the power button, or any 'beeps '.

  No difference, remove the system memory and try again.

  Still shows no signs of life while looking at a motherboard replacement & maybe a processor.

  Note: The good news is, processors lack rarely, being the only method I know to check a processor, install a compatible work PC, or use a known job processing.

  Unfortunately the Dell OEM XPS 9000 renovated/new motherboards are not cheap.
       
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• Truncated on the left side when printing of XPS documents.

  When I print an xps document, I lose the first characters of the print on the left side. It does not seem serious if I'm on XP or Windows 7. Looks good on the screen, even if the impression is completely to the left of the page.

  Maybe the file is created without a margin to the left so the limits of the printer it cut? If it is, how can I change the margin during the creation of the file? I tried different printers with the same result.

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  My 400 eight years Dell has a light weight (read inexensive) card Nvidia having recently started using only the lowest resolution, regardless of the settings. What type of replacement card (less $ 75) runs under Windows XP. The PSU is 275.

  Hi jerrywarriner,

  XPS 400 was delivered with a 375W power supply.

  See the following link for compatible video cards for XPS 400:

  http://Dell.to/177TqOn

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  Recently, my Dell XPS 400 crashed and would no longer boot (it worked, but it wouldn't boot because of damage to the discs dual-core).  I decided to buy a new HD to replace the old thinking that would solve my problem... not so much.  So here's what I've done and the question:

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  I have heard many good things about the different themes of Linux, but like anything else, I'm sure he has his own set of problems.  Most people seem to not run into them very often, and many just love it because it helps to avoid many problems presented by Windows.

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  I am running Windows 7 on my XPS 420, I had updated the power supply two years back and installed extra ram and an SSD, a few months ago.

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  Unplug the power cord, hold the power button in for about 15-20 seconds, open the case, disconnect the power connector 24-pin motherboard and jumping the Green wire to one of the black wires, plug in the power cord and the power of the system, if the PSU, case fans and disk hard drive performance then the power supply can be good.

  Note: Do not remove the wires from the plug, use a small piece of wire or a paper clip as a rider.

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  Dell Dimension system BIOS A07 see details

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  I got my 8.1 upgrade pro at the time where it was $ 38.  If they want to they should buy immediately because there won't be any in the future.

  WINDOWS 8.0 is depricated and 8.1 framed Purple House and blue box 8.1 pro are available throughout the retail options.

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  Old cards Nvidia cannot use the latest drivers.

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  I used to think it was a core 2 duo and the latest version of the bios, but I proved to myself that simply Pressler CPU 900 series.

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  This microprocessor is 27% more energy efficient 95W
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  Message edited by sikerr on 03/10/2008 20:13
  
  

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