My Dell was DOA

I have seen this time and time again with select models of Dell. not surprisingly, this is most common with cheaper models of Dell PCs.

Yes, it sucks when you just bought a brand new computer and it doesn’t even work, but realistically you just bought junk if you decided to purchase a low-end Dell anyway. Not excusing them mind you, just tell it like it is.

Dell had a great deal last week so I picked up a new Dimension to replace an aging GX260 as a secondary home PC. With free three day shipping, it arrived on Friday.

Unfortunately, it wouldn’t boot. 6 beeps, no picture, no power to USB keyboard or mouse. I spent a few hours with hardware support reseating the memory, resetting the jumpers and so on (most of which I had already tried). They finally concluded that my “system board needs to be replaced” and they’ll send out a technician - in 7-10 days…. Source: Loosely Coupled