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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
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