Hello all, WOOHOO, yes an XPS GEN5 issue to kick about. I've not worked on this machine for some time. Here's what I observe when I power up:
No boot device available. F1 to reboot or F2 for setup utility
Once in F2 (setup util) diagnostic light 1, 2, 3, are lit solid green and 4 is not lit. The power button is green.
When I display the boot sequence it shows
1, onboard or USB CD-ROM drive
2, onboard or USB Floppy not present
3, onboard sata hard drive not present
4, onboard 1de hard drive not present
The machine will not read from either cd drive. Does this mean the hard drive has issues and requires replacement? Any other thoughts on how to diagnose this issue? I still have all the discs for OS and other software. Sure would be nice to get this machine up and running again if only for video editing, music and other offline activity. Perhaps even upgrading to 2016 standards and windows 10. Thanks everyone for the input and let me know if I can provide any additional info.