Problem solved.
Thanks for the offer. My friend bought a replacement battery for £1 and
it is up and running again. I wonder how many usable PCs get abandoned
when this happens
Roger
On 31/08/11 20:40, Ally Biggs wrote:
What's the model? I work at Jamies Computers may be able to sort out a
replacement PSU for you worst case scenario
Cheers
Ally
> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:15:29 +0100
> From: rogermunf...@parussoftware.co.uk
> To: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: [Hampshire] Old Dell dying
>
> A friend has an old Dell machine which has served him well but recently
> it lost its date and time which I diagnosed as needing a replacement
> motherboard battery. Before he could change it, the computer became
> unstartable. No fan, no lights nothing as if the power supply had
> completely failed.
> Could a low battery prevent the Dell from starting or is there another
> problem overshadowing it?
>
> Thanks
>
> Roger
>
>
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