Re: [Dorset] Dead PSU?

2011-09-08 Thread Natalie
Hi Ralph, If you've a meter and the odd bit of wire, perhaps from Arduino development, then Tutorial: Suspect a Dead PSU? How to be sure http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic55506.html may be of use. Hardware's not my forte but it looks like reasonable advice. There's also http://www.

Re: [Dorset] Dead PSU?

2011-09-08 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi again Natalie, > Tutorial: Suspect a Dead PSU? How to be sure > http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic55506.html Also, some useful background info I found. http://www.dansdata.com/psus.htm Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-10-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, Li

Re: [Dorset] Dead PSU?

2011-09-08 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Natalie, > My old desktop, which my partner uses, won't power up at all, as if > nothing at all happens when pressing the power button. I've checked > all the sockets/cables etc, so my guess is the PSU has died? If you've a meter and the odd bit of wire, perhaps from Arduino development, then

Re: [Dorset] Dead PSU?

2011-09-08 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 08/09/11 18:11, Natalie wrote: Before considering option of getting new PSU / getting laptop to replace it / getting new desktop / installing linux on spare old laptop to see if it can be used for internet stuff, I just wanted to check if this could be something obvious I'm missing (I'm not

Re: [Dorset] Dead PSU?

2011-09-08 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday 08 Sep 2011, Natalie wrote: > My old desktop, which my partner uses, won't power up at all, as if > nothing at all happens when pressing the power button. I've checked all > the sockets/cables etc, so my guess is the PSU has died? The PSU is 5 > years old (the desktop itself is 10 years

[Dorset] Dead PSU?

2011-09-08 Thread Natalie
My old desktop, which my partner uses, won't power up at all, as if nothing at all happens when pressing the power button. I've checked all the sockets/cables etc, so my guess is the PSU has died? The PSU is 5 years old (the desktop itself is 10 years old but I have changed quite a lot of thing