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| Thread ID: 107200 | 2010-02-08 02:26:00 | Dead desktop - as in very dead | Morgenmuffel (187) | Press F1 |
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| 856230 | 2010-02-08 02:26:00 | Following on from my dead laptop post (wifes laptop), I just plugged the wifes desktop in, and the fuse in the hallway went pop, i reset the fuse but the wifes desktop is dead as in nothing happens no lights (including the network one), and yes i have tried different powerpoints etc my comp works fine plugged in to the same socket. there is a faint smell in the power supply area but it is more metallic than burnt electrical. any ideas as it is an old computer, so not worth fixing, and if there is anyone in the tirau, putaruru, tokoroa area who could test the power supply that would be handy. Thanks |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 856231 | 2010-02-08 02:47:00 | Probably shorted primary side component(s) in the PSU, though the PSU should have had its own fuse. The fact you don't even get standby lights on the PC is a good test in itself (that the PSU is probably dead) Most likely you can just replace the PSU and carry on...if you're lucky and nothing else has gone. Wouldn't bother trying to fix the PSU unless it's a good brand |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 856232 | 2010-02-08 02:51:00 | ...and maybe book the wife into a local spiritualist to have her karma repaired. :) | fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 856233 | 2010-02-08 02:58:00 | "so not worth fixing" "test the power supply" ?????? It will probably be the power supply.Sometimes will spike other PC components as it fails. I wouldnt test a power supply that went pop. You just replace it. even A blown PSU fuse usually indicates a major PSU component failure. Burning smell of any flavour is allways bad. :groan: |
sroby (11519) | ||
| 856234 | 2010-02-08 03:01:00 | faint smell in the power supply area but it is more metallic than burnt electrical. any ideas as it is an old computer, so not worth fixing Don't bother testing the PSU - it's dead. Metallic smell - dead. You can replace the PSU easy enough, but whether the death of it took out any other components with it is something you won't know until you do replace it. Chances are it's only the PSU......... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 856235 | 2010-02-08 04:41:00 | The fact that it blew the mains fuse means whatever was wrong is probably only in the high voltage section, so the motherboard etc is probably fine. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 856236 | 2010-02-08 05:47:00 | Ok what i meant by not worth fixing is, that is fairly old and i would rather not spend loads on it, just want to get the wifes stuff off, mainly the passwords for various sites as she can't remember half of them The power supply is a CWT-300ATX12, which I guess means it's 300 watts and atx, are they fairly common as I wasthinking of looking on trademe for a second hand one |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 856237 | 2010-02-08 06:04:00 | Yeah, should be fine, just don't get a Hyena or anything like that. Or if you just want to get it temporarily running, you could use the PSU from another PC (if you have one) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 856238 | 2010-02-16 00:15:00 | Is there anyway to tell what kind of m/b connector it uses?, as from looking all connectors look the same to me | Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 856239 | 2010-02-16 00:35:00 | if you only want to get data off, remove the drive and slave it to a working PC, then copy data to that = Cost $0 only a bit of time | wainuitech (129) | ||
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