Brett42, are you saying that some of the capacitors may have blown out, but the power supply is not completely dead?
I'll try to open up the power supply and see what's going on inside.
As far as replacing the power supply, will any ATX PS work? Do I have to get the 12V ones? I don't have...
Thanks guys for all of the replies! They have been very helpful!
mobobuff, I tried jumping the PS as you suggested and the power supply fan started to spin. I guess it's the motherboard!? I tried looking on the motherboard for any blown capacitors, but couldn't really find any. At this point...
The LED's on the back of my computer are not lighting up at all, not even when I press the power button.
I think I ruled out power switch failure by using a jumper on the two electrodes where where the power switch wires lead to on the motherboard.
Any one else have any other ideas?
I...
I was hoping to get some advice from the helpful folks at AnandTech in trying to figure out what's wrong with my computer.
I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 4600 that stopped working the other day. It was working fine most of the day, but when I tried to turn it on later in the evening...
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