::)i'm having that same problem with a dell optiplex 280GX 512k ram 80 gig hd,i get nothing when i plug in but the high power processor fan.amber light,no beeps no nothing but fan,.now this is what i've done thus far,when i first notice this problem i changed hd,no change,changed mem sticks got a green light,went to start loading a new o/s got to the part when the computer wants to reboot and it just started the o/s process all over again so i let it run again and it did the same thing.so i changed the hd again and the amber light was back and this time i couldn'd get rid of it.any hopes or sugguestios would be greatly appreciated.