So a co-worker bought a Sony Vaio desktop computer. He says it's not powering up. I tell him to bring it in and I'll look at it. Mind you, I can't do much to it at work and really have to wait to dig into it when I get home.
But here's the deal from what I can tell now.
I took off the side panel and pluged it into the wall. When I try to turn it on the fans spin for a milisecond and stop. It does this every 3 or 4 seconds. The mobo light is on, but it's not powering on.
I guess it's a bad powersupply. I'll be able to check that when I get home. But if it's a bad PS, would the mobo light come on? Would the fans even try to spin?
It's a cheap power supply and I think it's only rated at 275w for a p4 with dvd burner, cd rom, 1 hard drive, a GF4 MX 440 and vid capture card.
Anybody have a problem with something like this where the PS looks bad but still trys to kick on?
But here's the deal from what I can tell now.
I took off the side panel and pluged it into the wall. When I try to turn it on the fans spin for a milisecond and stop. It does this every 3 or 4 seconds. The mobo light is on, but it's not powering on.
I guess it's a bad powersupply. I'll be able to check that when I get home. But if it's a bad PS, would the mobo light come on? Would the fans even try to spin?
It's a cheap power supply and I think it's only rated at 275w for a p4 with dvd burner, cd rom, 1 hard drive, a GF4 MX 440 and vid capture card.
Anybody have a problem with something like this where the PS looks bad but still trys to kick on?