JP Vossen on 1 Oct 2008 13:04:14 -0700 |
I have a neighbor's Gateway 503GR Desktop Computer, circa Sep 2004 that failed to power up after an accidental shutdown. It was on a UPS and was rarely if ever shut down. The power button is one of the newer ATX momentary contact types, but even if I hold it down I get nothing. No fans, no beeps, no nothing. I do have a green LED right next to the power connector and I've tried a spare power supply which didn't help. The SATA hard drive is fine and we've copied the "My Docs" to a laptop via removing the hard drive and using my USB cage. No problem there. * As noted another power supply didn't help * I unplugged everything and replugged it = nope * I took out the CMOS battery and let it alone for an hour = nope * I tried removing the CPU to see if I get any beeps = nope * I tried removing the RAM to see if I get any beeps = nope * I tried removing the CPU and RAM to see if I get any beeps = nope * AFAICT, the capacitors are all OK I blew all the dust out, and as noted tried to re-seat everything. The dust wasn't too bad, BUT--the unit was kept in a small, closed desk cabinet, so overheating may have been an issue. At this point, I suspect plain old motherboard or maybe CPU failure. I've found MB replacements for $80-150 on the Net, and given all the fancy extras (CD and DVD, memory card slots, etc.) the machine has it's probably worth it. Anything I missed or any comments? Thanks, JP ----------------------------|:::======|------------------------------- JP Vossen, CISSP |:::======| jp{at}jpsdomain{dot}org My Account, My Opinions |=========| http://www.jpsdomain.org/ ----------------------------|=========|------------------------------- "Microsoft Tax" = the additional hardware & yearly fees for the add-on software required to protect Windows from its own poorly designed and implemented self, while the overhead incidentally flattens Moore's Law. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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