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2710 Blackout! What went wrong?

Hi, I have a XPS One 2710 (Mid 2012) which have gone blank.

After some intensive work to get Windows 10 on a separate partition the  computer have ceased to start. Before that I had 8.1 and 10 to choose boot  from. All was well but the morning after nothing worked.

Can not get into the BIOS with F2, F12 for the ePSA diagnostics does not work either, the black screen blinks a few times and there are only two strokes heard from the harddisk.

The machine starts with the input from the external HDMI input whether anything is connected or not, and I have picture from another computer with HDMI output. I assume there is no power failure.

 Usually there is no activity light blinking above the power button, but it has had a steady light on one occasion, but never the Dell logo.

I have resetted the CMOS and changed battery at no avail. Disconnecting the HDD does not change any symptoms. The original service agreement expired six months ago and I have no clue to what is wrong. Is it the CPU, motherboard or memory?

As the ePSA can not be invoked by F12 I am at a loss here with no clues.

Does anybody know?


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