Swap out power cords.
I have had it happen more than once, the cord somehow becomes
oxidized (contacts) and I need to switch out cords with the monitor
to get it to boot back up.
Also make sure it did not get turned off on the back.
Stewart
At 09:00 PM 11/17/2009, you wrote:
Power supply more likely than the switch, I think.
Make sure the switch on the back of the power supply hasn't been
inadvertently turned off.
Ellen H.
--- On Tue, 11/17/09, Robert Carroll <carrollcompu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Robert Carroll <carrollcompu...@gmail.com>
> Subject: [CGUYS] Dead desktop computer -- what is likely the matter?
> To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 8:37 PM
> Got a call from my oldest daughter
> just now that her HP desktop computer was dead. Worked
> well yesterday -- no disk noise -- cut off at night, now
> won't start. What to do?
>
> She says that when she presses the "on" button nothing
> happens -- no light on button, no startup, no noise.
> However, cable from modem causes light to illuminate on
> cable socket on computer (I think). Computer is
> plugged into power strip -- all devices are working that are
> plugged to power strip except computer. I advised her
> to switch computer power cable to another socket on power
> strip, to no avail.
>
> Computer is about 4 -- 5 years old. Seems to me that
> the most likely cause of problem is a bad on-off switch or a
> bad power supply. How to test? What are other
> likely causes of the problem?
>
> She's hoping to get a cheap laptop during the Black Friday
> sales, but she needs a computer now. How much should
> be a reasonable cost for a repair shop to charge if it is a
> power supply or a power switch?
>
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