Jasper
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 09:37 AM |
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PC wont turn on.
So I came home last night, pushed the button on the front of my PC and nothing.
I've checked the fuse, and checked there's actually power coming to the PC power supply, all ok.
So what's the order I should be checking things inside the box. Presumeably it's looking like a power supply problem. The PC is home built
using good parts, the powers supply itself is a Tagan one.
[Edited on 30/10/09 by Jasper]
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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l0rd
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 09:39 AM |
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check for power socket
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RichieHall
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 09:39 AM |
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Does the fan wind up? Motherboard beep? Any lights, smells or other noises?
Rust is lighter than Carbon Fibre!
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dinosaurjuice
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 09:41 AM |
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my tagan power supply stopped working last month 
spent hours testing it and came to the conclusion that it was scrap.
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Benzine
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 09:45 AM |
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They do go sometimes. I had a decent corsair psu that just stopped working Sent it back and got a replacement pretty quickly though.
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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thunderace
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 09:47 AM |
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i have the same problem with the mrs
(,she didnt like me in the uniform) .
[Edited on 30/10/09 by thunderace]
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thunderace
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 09:50 AM |
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bet its the mains tranformer in the pc.
easy to test and swap .
will look like this in most pc
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOPOWER-300-Watt-Switching-Power-Supply_W0QQitemZ260484392477QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH?hash=item3ca614661
d
[Edited on 30/10/09 by thunderace]
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Jasper
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 09:53 AM |
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No, absolutely nothing at all....
Ahhh - I think I've found the problem, the small cable that goes to the front panel switch is not plugged in to anything, it's a tiny flat
two pin connector with Power SW written on it, but I'm bugger if I can see where it plugs back in to. Presumeably it's on the
motherboard?
[Edited on 30/10/09 by Jasper]
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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l0rd
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 10:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jasper
No, absolutely nothing at all....
Ahhh - I think I've found the problem, the small cable that goes to the front panel switch is not plugged in to anything, it's a tiny flat
two pin connector with Power SW written on it, but I'm bugger if I can see where it plugs back in to. Presumeably it's on the
motherboard?
[Edited on 30/10/09 by Jasper]
Spot on.
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austin man
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 10:38 AM |
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worrying that a wire has just fallen off from the inside of your pc, I would be ouutside now checking the bolts on my suspension to make sure i
tightened them up correctly LOL
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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Jasper
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 11:00 AM |
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OK, so I've plugged the little power switch lead back in to the motherboard, and still nothing, how do I go about checking the power supply? I
don't have a spare one I can swap over.
Should there be some voltage at the pin outs on the motherboard for the power switch? I've got a volt meter here.
I've put a volt meter (on 10v DC) on the main thick bank of leads going to the motherboard from the power supply, nothing.
[Edited on 30/10/09 by Jasper]
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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l0rd
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 11:09 AM |
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http://modtown.co.uk/mt/article2.php?id=psumod
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Jasper
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 11:33 AM |
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Thanks, did that, still nothing from the PSU at all, so presumably it's junk then, and get a new one....
Just checked with Scan, Tagan power supplies are warranted for 3 years, so I'll get a new one from them.
Thanks chaps - as usual 
[Edited on 30/10/09 by Jasper]
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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l0rd
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 11:57 AM |
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Just pray it didn't take anything else with it when it died
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mookaloid
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 12:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by l0rd
Just pray it didn't take anything else with it when it died
Last time I had a PSU go it took the MB with it
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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mad4x4
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 12:44 PM |
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You post here made it so I would guess that the PC is working fine....... Check the monitor connection or switch it must still be off so you cannot
see what you are typing because we can see it.
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
MK INDY's Don't Self Centre Regardless of MK Setting !
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Jasper
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 12:57 PM |
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I'm on my work PC, it's my home one that's buggered.... hope the MB is ok
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 01:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by austin man
worrying that a wire has just fallen off from the inside of your pc, I would be ouutside now checking the bolts on my suspension to make sure i
tightened them up correctly LOL
He might of done that if he still had a car to sit in.........jaspers car had a wee problem a few weeks back. Search posts for the clue
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James
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 02:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by austin man
worrying that a wire has just fallen off from the inside of your pc, I would be ouutside now checking the bolts on my suspension to make sure i
tightened them up correctly LOL
Ask Jasper about the wheel nut 'problem' he had a few years ago just before getting on the track at Brands! 
Cheers,
James
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Jasper
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| posted on 30/10/09 at 03:23 PM |
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Oh yes, forgot about that Pulled into the garage just before Brands to fill up - had driven there from Brighton, and found ALL my wheel nuts loose
where I'd had the wheels off to check the pads the day before 
Anyway - check this out. My Tagan PSU comes with a 3 yr warranty. Guess when I ordered it from Scan? 30/10/2006, yeah - really .... BUT the warranty
is taken from the day it arrived and I signed for it, 3/11/2006, so it's still in warranty, JUST!!! Have to say the guys at Scan have been
really good about it.
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 07:32 PM |
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Sale of goods act, how long should it last?
Tbh warranty doesn't mean squat with that law around
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