It worked just an hour before, so the PS going just at that time seems strange. But if I had replaced the battery when I intended I would be blaming that, so anything is possible. The symptoms are that the momentary contact of the front panel switch spins the fans. Repeated pressing spins them some more.
I have a couple of DVMs. Which voltages should I test? On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 9:21 PM, Russell Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > To me, this sounds like it could be the power supply. If you don't have a > tester for that, another power supply will do. > > -Russ > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 31, 2014, at 20:53, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I had indications that the CMOS battery needed replacing. In >> preparation for that I vacuumed some dust off the heat sink, the case >> fan, and some random parts of the MB. I tried to remove the battery, >> but was unsuccessful. Before putting much effort into the battery >> removal I was called away to dinner. After dinner I tried to start >> the computer, but got only a momentary spinning of the fans. I have >> since tried wiggling a few of the connectors with no change in >> behaviour. What might I try? What is the chance that the vacuuming >> zapped the MB? >> >> -Denis >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
