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My aunts PC would'nt turn on the other day so she brought it over for me to look at. I mostly just tinker with computers and do the occasional upgrade but figured that I could at least give it a try. The problem was that it just wouldn't turn on. They turned it off one night and the next morning it wouldn't turn on.
I got it home and opened it up and then plugged it in. When I had it plugged in the green light on the MB was on but pushing the power button yielded nothing. I then proceeded to unplug everything (not much BTW) and try again. Still nothing. I then tried a different power supply I had but it still wouldn't work.
From all of the above I am assuming it is the motherboard (not sure cause I'm a nooB). My main question is if you replace the MB do you have to reinstall the OS?. If it is going to take a while or be very costly they may just want to buy a new lower-end PC.
The PC is a Dell Dimension B110
CPU: 2.66 Ghz Celeron D
RAM: 512 MB
MB: Dell E210882
Thanks in advance!
I got it home and opened it up and then plugged it in. When I had it plugged in the green light on the MB was on but pushing the power button yielded nothing. I then proceeded to unplug everything (not much BTW) and try again. Still nothing. I then tried a different power supply I had but it still wouldn't work.
From all of the above I am assuming it is the motherboard (not sure cause I'm a nooB). My main question is if you replace the MB do you have to reinstall the OS?. If it is going to take a while or be very costly they may just want to buy a new lower-end PC.
The PC is a Dell Dimension B110
CPU: 2.66 Ghz Celeron D
RAM: 512 MB
MB: Dell E210882
Thanks in advance!