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If you are coming to PLUG central tonight bring it along and I'll stuff my power
supply tester in my pocket on the way out the door.
Eric
JP Vossen wrote:
> 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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> software required to protect Windows from its own poorly designed and
> implemented self, while the overhead incidentally flattens Moore's Law.
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# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
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