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Argh! Got computer from storage and it's not working

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shmokes:
Unfortunately, at this point I'll have to pay to have it looked at. I'm still gonna short the power supply and check the leads, but since it's spinning up the fans and hard drives I expect that they'll all report proper voltages--which gives me the only marginally useful information that the power supply can deliver proper voltages with no load. At any rate, I don't have any extra power supplies with the proper connectors, thus I'll have to take it to someone who does. PITA.

ark_ader:

--- Quote from: shmokes on November 02, 2011, 05:10:56 pm ---I don't even know what that means. Is it sarcasm? The eye roll suggests you are referring, perhaps to some past conversation. At any rate it either went over my head or fell totally flat. I don't know what you're saying.



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I'm saying go buy another computer, they are cheap enough.   

You must have gotten a job by now.... ::)

DaOld Man:
I had this exact same problem.
I checked the power supply and it showed up as bad on my tester.
I tried a different power supply that did test good, and it didnt help.
I think there are cases where the power supply goes bad and takes out something on the motherboard.
I tried unplugging everything, using different ram, still no go.
All that is left is to try a different CPU (I dont have one so I cant do that).
I thought about buying a new motherboard just so I could rule out the cpu, but hate to do that just for a test.

shmokes:

--- Quote from: ark_ader on November 04, 2011, 04:15:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on November 02, 2011, 05:10:56 pm ---I don't even know what that means. Is it sarcasm? The eye roll suggests you are referring, perhaps to some past conversation. At any rate it either went over my head or fell totally flat. I don't know what you're saying.



--- End quote ---

I'm saying go buy another computer, they are cheap enough.   

You must have gotten a job by now.... ::)



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This advice was so idiotic the first time you offered it that I didn't think you were serious. Please stop talking.

CCM:

--- Quote from: shmokes on November 04, 2011, 05:15:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on November 04, 2011, 04:15:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on November 02, 2011, 05:10:56 pm ---I don't even know what that means. Is it sarcasm? The eye roll suggests you are referring, perhaps to some past conversation. At any rate it either went over my head or fell totally flat. I don't know what you're saying.



--- End quote ---

I'm saying go buy another computer, they are cheap enough.   

You must have gotten a job by now.... ::)



--- End quote ---

This advice was so idiotic the first time you offered it that I didn't think you were serious. Please stop talking.

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It may not be that idiotic depending on how old the computer is and how much you will have to pay someone to look at it.

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