Wow, the people that must sit up at night thinking things like that up!
Thane Sherrington wrote:
I have one of those Gateway all-in-one jobbies in the shop, and it wouldn't power up. The PS is in the monitor, so when you pull that off, you have to connect another PS, and when I did, I'd get a light on the motherboard, but no boot. Checked the switch, pulled all the components, still nothing. Finally I pulled the CMOS battery and checked it. It was dead. Replaced it, and the system boots fine. Never saw that before, but it's worth remember this sort of situation.
