I decided recently to take the plunge and turn back on windows updates on just one of my 5 vostro 460 computers. I did that last Friday & it all looked good. I left the computer alone and came back to it after a week. At that point (15th Feb) i noticed a new bunch of updates available from Windows. So, i installed those successfully. I left the machine alone for a couple of hours and then noticed that it had disappeared from the network. I took a look at it and the screen had gone into a wierd sort of frozen state - it was frozen screen except it was jittering / flickering from left to right in a very unusual way. I powered down the computer & unplugged the AC. Now, if i try to turn it on, all i get is a beep (the kind of beep that signifies "error") and the power button stays an orange colour instead of going the normal white colour. It seems now to be completely dead (so i dare not try & repeat this with the other computers). I tried calling Dell last week and they said i had to talk to tech support first - i did not do that as i was out of time, but i guess there is no choice now.
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