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That's what I was thinking.
Ok, well when i went home last night i tried to look for this on/off switch on the psu and couldn't find one. the only switch i noticed was the one that changes the voltage. do some psu's just not have one or do i actually have to un-screw the psu from its case mount.
nope the only light i get is the little green flashy one on the back right below and to the left of where the cord plugs into the computer.Quote:
A final check?
Do you get lights on your CD, 3.5" floppy or hard drive?..............any noise from the hard drive?
These all get their power direct from the PSU, so if nothing happens then it is almost certainly the PSU that has a problem.
when you say rock the switch are you refering to just switching it or are you using rock because its one of those non-flat switches that actually requires it to be rocked. and which cord are you refering to, the on from psu-wall or psu-mobo?Quote:
A few powersupplies have a "safety feature" where if they're unplugged you need to toggle the switch on the back and/or pull the cord out. None of my power supplies needed that, but I knew someone whose supply had that kind of "safety feature" and it was annoying... So just plug it in, rock the switch on the back to off, wait a few secs, rock it on and try. Then maybe unplug, play with the switch, etc. See if that changes anything...
Hi, it is a rocker switch on the PSU..............it sounds as if you don't have one.
From the lack of lights and other activity I would certainly say that your PSU has failed.
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something that i realize now was monumentally stupid of me, was since it was raining when i was moving, actually the day we rented the moving truck it began raining as soon as we started to load it and didn't stop until we had just finished unloading, i had put a plastic garbage bag over my comp and monitor to bring out to my car. So i assume my fried whatever is due to some sort of static shock. whith this little extra bit of knowledge does it just make your belief that its a bad psu even more concrete or does it point you in any other directions such as add some jam to my mobo and enjoy the toast?
Soooooooooooo...um......... what happened to the other PSU ????????? did you give it a go?
Doubt it. I've done that exact thing plenty of times with no problems. It's more likely to have been the vibrations from the car journey tipping a (soon to fail anyway) PSU over the edge.Quote:
Originally posted here by JewishIntent
something that i realize now was monumentally stupid of me, was since it was raining when i was moving, actually the day we rented the moving truck it began raining as soon as we started to load it and didn't stop until we had just finished unloading, i had put a plastic garbage bag over my comp and monitor to bring out to my car. So i assume my fried whatever is due to some sort of static shock. whith this little extra bit of knowledge does it just make your belief that its a bad psu even more concrete or does it point you in any other directions such as add some jam to my mobo and enjoy the toast?
I've had plenty of computers come to get fixed but develop a second fault in the act of moving it for repair.
Best for you to identify what exactly is broken now and what needs to be replaced.
not yet. since i currently spend over 12 hours a day doing work related **** i have almost no freetime during the week, and what i do have know is all dedicated to finishing the moveing. hopefully tonight when i get in ill try swapping the psu.Quote:
Soooooooooooo...um......... what happened to the other PSU ????????? did you give it a go?
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=268699
I guess I don't know what I'm talking about :rolleyes:...
hey i had agreed that you were right as soon as you asserted yourself in an assured way. But what you guys don't know about me, which is understandable since its not like any of you know me and vice-versa, is i really am Jewish. Its not just my handle or my religion, but a way of life. and if there was even a .00000000001% chance that the problem with my computer was fixable without having to go buy a new psu no matter how cheep, im gonna jump all over it.Quote:
I am 100% sure it is a power supply problem... let me guess.... you have an HP desktop
Well since it is an HP, see i knew you guys all had the uber vision i mentioned a few posts up, i will then get a new power supply.
Thank you all for the quick responses to my questions.
I guess it depends on how much you value your time then...
For a thirty dollar part cdn....I wouldn't have spent all the time you have..trouble shooting a power supply...cause I do not have the time
MHO of course
As far as I can see....we had your problem pegged a loooooong time ago.
FYI
Do not try and fix a power supply as suggested here by !mitationRust
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I could show this person how to make a dummy load with the 24-pin to cause a loop to see if it's the PSU or not, but someone could get killed. If you can take the PSU out of the case and try it in another box vice versa that would tell you.