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Question posted by tienphong9911 on December 16th, 2013

T5400 Start Fail

Light codes during POST as 1,4 LED ? then it is dead standing.

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Answer #1: Posted by DellSP on December 17th, 2013 9:27 AM
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According to your light codes, it is possible that it's a motherboard failure.

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