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Just wasted 4 hours on a weird power cycling issue in a Dell OptiPlex 3080
Client brought it in saying it would turn on for 3 seconds then die. I swapped the PSU, RAM, even the CMOS battery. Turns out it was a single bent pin on the front panel power button connector from the case. Had to pull the whole mobo to see it. Anyone else had a simple hardware fault eat up a whole morning?
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hugo_craig118d ago
Pulling the whole motherboard just for a bent pin on a front panel connector is brutal. That's the kind of tiny, hidden flaw that makes you want to throw the whole case out the window. @troy_knight92 is right, those pins are a special kind of evil. You check all the big, expensive parts first and it's always some cheap wire from the case. Did you at least manage to straighten the pin out, or did you have to order a whole new front panel assembly?
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