My Dell inspiron 530s won't turn on

I hope somebody can help? I have a dell 530S that will not come on, there is an amber light that comes on in front panel (power button) and on the motherboard the fan will come on for about 10sec. I have bought a New Power supply, New Motherboard, New memory,New Processor,And switched out the hard drive but nothing. I want to get it going because I have to much invested in it. Please somebody help!!!!!!
Mike

Osprey I have an Inspiron 530 and was following this thread ... but ended with no resolve. Apparently he found his problem.
But I have the same problem. Machine wont boot. I pulled the covers and removed the switch to see if that was the prob.... have power to switch at the board ( brown wire), and then i removed the switch wiring and bench tested for continuity and switch operated as it should. I have solid amber light on board. reinstalled switch, no boot no beeps. then I removed ram and HDD.... no beeps no noise, dead... still amber light on board.
This is pointing toward a bad motherboard... I think.
Are there any more field tests to confirm dead mobo.
I really don't care if it needs a mobo .... I didn;t pay much for it, but I do like the Dell products. What I like about this 530 is the size of the box and the design ... it just looks great. It's a beautiful case. I have 3 dell machines and will see if I can find a mobo I guess.
Thank you for any advise on this.
Randy

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