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Resolved Question

computer orange light stays on even after rebooting

Feb 2, 2015 2:59AM PST

dell inspiron 546s windows 7

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Links seem to say that it means the system is getting power.
Feb 2, 2015 3:03AM PST
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Orange light indicates standby
Feb 2, 2015 7:11AM PST

Sorry for lack of specifics on first post
it will not come out of standby even after turning off and restarting

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That's different from your top post.
Feb 2, 2015 8:17AM PST

The top post seems to tell me you rebooted and ran Windows 7. Now it's just a dead PC. There are so many orange Dell discussions so looking those over would have you think which item it is this time.
Bob