Posted by Anthony on July 24, 2008 at 08:02:25 from (24.46.101.81):
I walked into the kitchen for a few minutes and when I returned saw that my PC which I had left running(P4, XP Home, about 4 yrs old) had shut down. It will no longer power up. When I push the power switch I see a slight jiggle in the blades of the 3 fans, the lights flash on the keyboard, and then nothing.
I"m thinking it"s either a power supply failure or the motherboard has gone bad. I remember when a friend"s eMachine P3 failed like this last year it turned out to be the MB and he junked it. It happened to 2 identical machines he had within a month of each other; they were about each about 5 yrs old at the time.
Any suggestions about what I should check out before giving up on it?
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