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Generic Eric:
Not that this applies to your current situation, but someone I know said he actually had a bad power cable.

I thought that was strange myself...anywho.
RayB:

--- Quote from: Trimoor on August 14, 2004, 09:26:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: RayB on August 14, 2004, 08:15:50 pm ---If no to all the above: Power Supply is dead. No need for next steps.

--- End quote ---
Not true, I have a motherboard with blown caps that would show no signs of life with a good PSU.

--- End quote ---

Hard drives, CD-ROMs and pretty much anything else not directly attached to a motherboard draw current directly from the power supply. So, if your motherboard is dead, you should still see "life" in those other devices.

mattv:
You're both right

If your mobo is shot and you are using a reasonably modern PSU (ATX) then it is possible that the mobo header where your power switch it attached may not be passing the "power me on" signal to the PSU.

You can power on a PSU manualy by unpluging the ATX connector from the motherboard and shorting one of the ground lines (black) with pin 14 (the green wire).

A bent paperclip is the best way to do this, but you might want to do a bit more research first, sticking paper clips into electrical devices is generally accepted as a bad idea.

As for what went wrong with your mates computer? no clue.


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