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Dead dell optiplex gx150

Dec 22nd, 2008

I recently aquired a dell optiplex gx150, it had no ram or harddrive, so after i bought the correct ram and installed a harddrive, i installed them (yes correctly) and i started it...it wont run, there is a orange light in the middle of the motherboard, i tried dissconecting the CD drive, to no avail, i took out all cards i could, still no help....advice?

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Re: Dead dell optiplex gx150

Dec 22nd, 2008

are you absolutely sure that you installed the correct RAM. Could you post which RAM you installed?

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Re: Dead dell optiplex gx150

Dec 22nd, 2008

I forgot to mention when i hit the power button it beeps a couple of times.
RAM is a 512M PC-133

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Re: Dead dell optiplex gx150

Dec 22nd, 2008

How many times, describe them
No display at all?

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Re: Dead dell optiplex gx150

Dec 22nd, 2008

1 beep, then a big break, 3 in quick succsesion, then a small break, then another 2 in quick sucsession.

they are low and long...

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Re: Dead dell optiplex gx150

Dec 22nd, 2008

if its one stick of 512MB that wont work. thats to much RAM for one slot. you need two 256MB sticks. PC133 is correct. the beep codes according to the dell website seem to be a memory issue. if you have the right RAM reseat them, if that doesn't work take them back for new ones.

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Re: Dead dell optiplex gx150

Dec 22nd, 2008

RAM is def your problem. As compdoc mentioned above. The Maximum supported memory for this system is 512MB. You need two 256 MB Memory Modules for a Dell OptiPlex GX150 Series System.
Dell Part# A0743641

Last edited by larrym; Dec 22nd, 2008 at 1:00 pm.