Re: Dead Computer - Power Supply or Motherboard?

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Don't take this the wrong way but have you checked the fuse in the plug.
Also does it have an output to run to a monitor as well as you could probably
pick up a lead for pennies if you do not already have one

"Bill in Co." wrote:

LOL I found out the hard way.

JS wrote:
Be aware that some Dell PCs do not use the standard ATX pinout/color code,
especially older models.

JS

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uMwfi3$oIHA.4308@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
P.S.: By dead, I mean completely dead - nothing happens (no lights, no
fans, no drives running, etc).

Bill in Co. wrote:
Is there any simple test to eliminate one of those possibilities?

I have read that it is possible to check the power supply by temporarily
shorting two pins together, but I don't know which two pins, and I don't
know if that will work without any load on the power supply. I do
have
a
voltmeter, however.



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