Yeah, if it was the hard drive you'd likely still at "least" hear the power supply fan come on when you pressed the power button. Do you hear absolutely nothing?? If so, it's probably a dead power supply (but you can't be 100% sure). Some PS's have a user replaceable fuse (one of those clear glass cylinders with metal caps). Look on the back of it, or remove the supply and look for it. But... even if the fuse blew, you still might have a defective supply, and a new fuse might just blow again.
Good luck, Donk Tom M. wrote: > Sitting at my desk on the computer and...zap...nothing... > > Checked out the situation. The power strip/surge protector is on, monitor, > speakers, modem, everything else on. I try to power up and nothing. Where > the power plugs into the power supply is a green light and it remains on. > I'm thinking that it's either the power supply or the hard drive. But > wouldn't it at least power up if it was the hard drive? So probably the > power supply? How do I tell? Is there a fuse that I don't know about? > > It's an HP desktop about 5 or 6 years old. Always been a good computer. > > Hope someone can help me out. I don't like using a laptop!! > > thanks > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post > personal issues directly to the group. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > [email protected] > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.426 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2692 - Release Date: 02/16/10 > 19:35:00 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
