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| 379544 | 2005-08-09 06:39:00 | Hi to all, About 1 week ago, i put another power supply into my old PC, its been starting up ok, no problems, but today i went to turn it on and she was dead, no lights, nothing, changed over the power lead but no go, i had a look inside the power box at the fuse and it looks ok, i mean it doesn't appear broken or not black at either end, like other fuses go like, it give no warning nor did it let out any sound at all. With out actually taken the whole power supply out and testing it on my other PC, is there anyway to to find out whats gone wrong ? thanks Tank |
Tank (8625) | ||
| 379545 | 2005-08-09 07:32:00 | not unless you have pc/sps tester or a mutimeter handy and know how to use them | bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 379546 | 2005-08-09 18:20:00 | Thanks for the reply Bartsdadhomer, I thought that might be the case,well, there is only one way for me to find out then. Thanks again Tank. |
Tank (8625) | ||
| 379547 | 2005-08-09 22:20:00 | I tried the older power supply in my newer PC, and it worked fine, so i suspect somewhere in the mainboard ? I suppose this is where it would start to get costly and really i only want it for a back up PC. The motherboard is old. its a pent 3 - VIA Apollo pro plus, 733mhz, could i salvage any thing on it if i have to get another board ? need help once more guys, thanks Tank |
Tank (8625) | ||
| 379548 | 2005-08-10 03:41:00 | I tried the older power supply in my newer PC, and it worked fine, so i suspect somewhere in the mainboard ? I suppose this is where it would start to get costly and really i only want it for a back up PC. The motherboard is old. its a pent 3 - VIA Apollo pro plus, 733mhz, could i salvage any thing on it if i have to get another board ? need help once more guys, thanks Tank bumping up |
Tank (8625) | ||
| 379549 | 2005-08-10 05:12:00 | Bumping up | Tank (8625) | ||
| 379550 | 2005-08-10 05:26:00 | a simple way to check a suspect powersupply.........plug it into a power source.......unplug it from the computer tho first........then take the MAIN plug that goes into the motherboard from teh powersupply and take a look at it it's got about 20 pins ........somewhere near the middle on one of the rows of pins there are several black leads and one green one........get a paperclip and stick it in the plug so a connection is created between ONE black lead and the GREEN one.......dont worry is' low voltage and cant harm you......if the psu fan kicks into life then you can generally assume that the psu is ok........ | drcspy (146) | ||
| 379551 | 2005-08-10 05:36:00 | If the PSU works on another computer, it's OK. Check all the cables on the old motherboard. They can work their way out. Unclip and reclip the memory sticks. Undo the fixing screws and move any plugin boards in and out a bit, then replace their screws. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 379552 | 2005-08-10 06:33:00 | I supppose the bios could also cause this problem, if the PSU is atx... maybe a flat battery?? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 379553 | 2005-08-10 07:30:00 | I would be inclined to swap out either the CPU or the mobo, if you can. I've had a similar incident to yours in the past and it ended up being a CPU that stopped going. | Myth (110) | ||
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