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1458775 2019-03-05 22:51:00 This ancient Dell Vostro 200 running Win7 Pro failed to boot, no POST display but the fan spins.

I first removed the RAM sticks, cleaned and reinserted to their slots.

Pressed the power button, Bingo! There it goes! Started up, loaded Win7 without any issue.

Thought I have solved the problem, turned it OFF. That was yesterday evening.

This morning, when I pressed the power button, the fan spins very loud but no POST beep, no display on screen! It's dead again!

Opened up the cover, reseated the RAM sticks , pressed the power button, it started up OK.

It repeated the cycle 2 more times since this morning. Maybe it's time to bring it to the EWaste.

Any suggestions before going to the ewaste?
bk T (215)
1458776 2019-03-05 23:07:00 Replace the ram piroska (17583)
1458777 2019-03-06 02:18:00 Haven't got any spare DDR2 RAM around to swap.
Running Memtest86 now.
bk T (215)
1458778 2019-03-06 06:20:00 I assume that you have 2 memory sticks. Did you try with only one plugged in at a time? mzee (3324)
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