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Blinking power button

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Mar 15, 2026111743 views
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A friend asked me to look at his Gateway DX4640 desktop. When he presses the power button, power goes to the motherboard (NVIDIA nForce 630i MCP73PV, GeForce 7100 chipset) and the CPU fan starts spinning. The power button slowely blinks on and off (blue) and the screen briefly says no signal and th…

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Fix for: Blinking power button

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Try re-seating the RAM modules. Sometimes a blinking power light attempts to indicate that one has come loose and the system can't boot properly. Also, if it's blinking in a specific pattern or sequence (e.g. short-short-long), you might be able to …

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