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Dell Vostro 200: Stuck on Dell logo screen

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:52:30 -0700

Dell pc is stuck on Dell logo screen. f2 and f12 do not work.

I have already tried the following:

Change ram and ram slots
Removed CMOS battery for 1 minute and replaced it
Removed all peripherals

The issue happened after I turned off the computer one day and now it won't turn on. Any suggestions?

It's stuck on this screen for hours.

UPDATE: When testing a new keyboard on a working computer the keyboard gets power. On this broken computer the keyboard, mouse, and other peripherals don't get power from any of the USB ports. Could it also be a mobo issue?

⟐ Answered November 19, 2025 at 16:52 MST

Dell Vostro 200: do I need certain type of hard drive to back up DOS & Windows XP?

Sun, 03 May 2020 18:27:26 -0700

I need a portable back up of a DOS program on this old computer. Should I use a hard drive or can I use a USB flash drive?

⟐ Commented May 03, 2020 at 18:27 MST

Dell Vostro 200: How to fix 5 beep sound

Sun, 07 May 2023 07:22:52 -0700

my pc makes 5 beep sounds before it starts.

⟐ Answer edited May 07, 2023 at 7:22 MST

Dell Vostro 200: Is there an easy way to reflash the BIOS on a Inspiron board?

Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:53:21 -0700

I recently picked up this Vostro 200 as a scrap system. Since I am testing it as a candidate for a future guide I want to test it and avoid a bad system partway through since I will never get the time back and it will delay things worse then not having hardware. I was mainly testing it to find any serious issues that will be a total gotcha.

What ended up happening was I planned on using this system for the project and I found out it had some issues. The issue I am having is the system is not retaining the BIOS settings, so I changed the battery. Replacing the CMOS battery didn't help the first time.

So far, here is what I tried:

New CMOS battery (did not work)
Checked the CMOS reset jumper (this was fine)
Power supply+spec simplification (did not work)
2 additional CMOS batteries (did not work)
Tested and reseated the original CMOS battery (did nothing)

So far I tried a power supply and 3 new CMOS batteries and the issue has not cleared up. At this point it's a pretty cut and dry motherboard failure.

The nice thing about Vostros is that many of the components are shared with the Inspiron line. This makes finding parts incredibly easy, which is very welcome in my situation with this system. I don't want to spend money on a 10 year old system but I have a similar board on hand that's essentially the same thing from a 530s (but the DP/N is different; the Vostro board is a 0CU409 while the 530 is 0RY007). I suspect that the variation in part number is purely because of the BIOS difference.

Since these boards are essentially the same thing, I'm wondering how hard it'll be to cross flash the 530s board with the Vostro 200 BIOS. I can keep the sticker from the damaged board for reference if I care enough about that. How would I go about cross flashing these boards and backing up the Inspiron BIOS? If this is possible, I'd consider it because the 530s case it will come out of isn't something I want to preserve because I have a known dislike for SFF. I also need to change the service tag, since the boards do not match the cases.

⟐ Answer accepted January 26, 2018 at 18:53 MST

Dell Vostro 200: Why does the pc automatically turns off and on and sometimes it hangs?

Sun, 08 Oct 2023 17:36:28 -0700

The pc automatically turns off and on, and sometimes just it hangs and then I have to plug-off to turn off it. I have also done windows but it didn't worked, and also it hangs when doing windows setup.

⟐ Commented October 08, 2023 at 17:36 MST

Dell Vostro 200: My screen is showing no signal and do not start

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:25:34 -0700

i started my pc then it showed that no signal found try to move your keys or mouse but it wonn't still start

⟐ Answered October 23, 2025 at 3:25 MST

Dell Vostro 200: System will not power on

Thu, 30 May 2024 11:39:19 -0700

System will not power up

⟐ Commented May 30, 2024 at 11:39 MST

Dell Vostro 200: Why the orange light is blinking on CPU?

Thu, 16 May 2024 01:20:15 -0700

Orange light is blinking on CPU

⟐ Answer edited May 16, 2024 at 1:20 MST

Dell Vostro 200: im looking for a compatible power supply that can power graphics card

Fri, 01 May 2020 20:39:22 -0700

I'm running a dell vostrov 260 and noticed the power supply doesn't have a cord to power a graphics card. Is there an upgraded power supply i can install that has the connector to power a graphics card?

⟐ Answer accepted May 01, 2020 at 20:39 MST

Dell Vostro 200: Starting problem with gpu

Sat, 09 Sep 2023 03:33:17 -0700

Pc is not starting with gpu but gpu is working and pc is starting with cpu but very very slow what should i do

Dell Vostro 200: Trying to restart my computer

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 21:51:33 -0700

How do I restart my computer with Vostro 200 my pc didn't start correctly.

⟐ Commented January 03, 2022 at 21:51 MST