computer geekiness, NaBloPoMo

Flashing yellow light?

Hello – my daughter came home to get on her computer as usual (hers and rog’s) and it doesn’t boot, just has a flashing yellow light. eek

I read a little on the internet about this light and it doesn’t sound good. It’s a Dell Dimension 5150, I think, okay, let me get the specs — they’re below.

Anyone know what I should do next? Conveniently, it’s out of warranty.

At least we were running Mozy, but not on everything. I can restore her crucial documents on the new spanking partition of my new hard drive, at least….

Dimension 5150
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology (3.0GHz,800FSB), Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition Qty: 1
Unit Price: $1,179.00
Processor Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology (3.0GHz,800FSB)
CZ630B
[221-9886]
Memory 512MB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz (2x256M)
512M5
[311-5499]
Keyboard Dell USB Keyboard
EK
[310-5324]
Monitor 19 inch E196FP Analog Flat Panel
E196FP
[320-4747]
Graphics Card 128MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory
X300SE
[320-4309]
Internal Hard Drives 160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
160S
[341-0884]
Floppy Drive and Media Reader 3.5 in Floppy Drive
FD
[341-2724]
Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
WHXP
[463-2282]
[420-4927]
[420-5477]
[420-5769]
[412-0688]
[412-0721]
[420-4834]
Mouse Dell® 2-button USB mouse
SM
[310-6264]
Network Card Integrated Intel® PRO 10/100 Ethernet
IN
[430-0412]
Modem No Modem Requested
N
[313-3607]
Document Management Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
AAREAD
[412-0705]
CD or DVD Drives — Read, Write and Store Data Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/dbl layer write capability
DV16DVR
[313-4129]
[420-5781]
[420-5790]
Sound Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
IS
[313-2758]
Speakers No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
N
[313-2198]
Productivity Software Pre-Installed No Productivity Suite – Corel WordPerfect® word processor only
COREL
[412-0803]
Security Software Pre-Installed No Security Subscription
NS2
[412-0850]
Digital Music Musicmatch by Yahoo! Music – Basic music software
MMBASE
[412-0813]
Digital Photography Corel Photo Album™ 6 Starter Edition – Organize and Edit your photos
DPS
[412-0845]
Dell Service & Support Plans 1 Year On-site Economy Plan
B111Y29
[960-7470]
[981-9288]
[983-2207]
[412-0359]
[950-9797]
[960-6380]
Onsite System Setup No Onsite System Setup
NOINSTL
[900-9987]
Internet Access Service 6 Months of America Online Membership Included
AOLSMB
[412-0586]
Mail- In Rebate None
NONE
[464-5005]
Miscellaneous Dimension 5150
28DM515
[464-7842]
Financial Software No Financial Software Selected – Includes Limited QuickBooks Trial
QBSSP
[420-5136]
Operating System Re-Installation CD Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition re-installation CD
XPHMED
[310-6832]
Purchase Intent Purchase is not intended for resale.
NOT4SEL
[462-4506]

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