Hey,
So I just too delivery of a used PE 1900 and I'm having a hew issues getting it running. The first issue I had was a system fatal error with the CPU, that was fixed by re-seating all the components (RAM, CPU+heatsink, RAM, PERC) and it booted fine. Then I switched the system off, came back to it a few hours later, and now it wont boot at all. The fans spin up, the Dell logo appears, the progress bar gets about 1/8th full and then the system powers down (fans stop spinning entirely) with no error message at all.
I'm at a bit of a loss really, i've unplugged it overnight and I'll try it later, but does anyone know what might be causing the problem?