Hello.
I have a Dell Optiplex desktop. Not sure which model. It's from 2003 though. Just recently it started shutting down 15-30 minutes after startup.
Upon restart got the error message"
Alert! Previous shutdown due to thermal event
Alert! Previous fan failure
Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility
After checking found that the fan was not coming on. Not the psu fan, the other one w the heat sink. After googling I found out there was a capacitor problem on some models so I checked but none of mine were swollen or leaking on top. So I bought a fan off of ebay
After fan arrived installed it but now computer won't even start. The new fan would run but it would not boot up. The power indicator light was now amber instead of green though. Put old fan back on to make sure but same thing, no boot with amber power light. Googled that and it said it was probably a psu problem.
So I went form the "thermal event" restart to no boot up at all with an amber power light.
Any idea what my problem is?
( I don't think I will sink very much more money into this older unit anymore though.)
thanks in advance for all replies/help.
