Dell Wyse 3040 Amber light issue

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I bought a Dell Wyse 3040 from a refurb seller. As my display does not have DisplayPort nor do i have the cable so have not been able to see what POSTs when powered ON so please suggest me a good “active converter/adapter” for DP to HDMI conversion.

Secondly, when I first powered it, it blinked Amber light thrice, then a brief pause and then once more. This repeated ad infinium. Google search called it a bad CMOS battery issue so bought a new one with the connector and all and replaced old one with that. Now this rhythmic blinking happens thrice and then the Amber LED stays solid till powered off. The adapter is OEM Dell adapter and the unit has WiFi module but the wires are not pressing against the CMOS clear button and I have cleared the CMOS too, removing the battery and 20 second depress on the button. What could be the issue here, if anyone faced something similar in the past?

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Dells are sometimes finicky with the power adapters you use.

I had the same amber light issue with a couple of 5070s, I needed to get the original Dell power adapters to resolve that.

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It came with the original power adapter, Dell one with LED on the male jack. Any idea about active adapter for display port to HDMI?

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I’ve been using this with my Dells and Lenovos

It was 400 at the time

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