Which fan - If it's only the one on the PSU, then it could be the on-off switch or the connections to/from it and the MOBO or it may be the PSU itself If it's the fan on the CPU, then it's more likely to be the MOBO or PSU itself
Not sure anyone inexperienced with electronics should be poking about inside the case when it's powered up, but a meter to see if there is power getting to the on-off switch may help - perhaps a local store could determine what's duff and replace it for you for less than £100 I suspect you're really into the new system stage - and see what you can salvage from the old system With basic systems costing about £250 - is it worth the £100 - you could always put the drive into a new box as a second (backup) drive. JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Kaye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 4:10 AM Subject: HARDWARE: nic card shorts out MB? > It was set at 230V so that was correct. I did not change the setting. The > onluy thing different was the addition of the nic card. It was wroking fine > before the addition. > > The computer's power supply is > >> 230V. Could this be the problem? Is it possible the nic card > >> overloaded the system causing the problem I have now? > > > > Are you plugged into a 230 V circuit or is this one of the new > > supplies that accepts anything between 90 V and 250V. The older > > ones had a switch to select 115V or 230V and if it were set > > wrong it would cause a problem. > ------------------------- > I cannot get the system to respond to anything. I cannot even turn it on or > off. When I plug it into to ps only the fan responds; otherwise it is dead. > No beeps, no power up. It's so strange. All things seem tightly plugged in. > I am going to take out the HD this weekend and slave it in my computer at > home. Hopefully it will come to life. If not that it. The good news is that > I am scrupulous about backups :) Barbara K > > with hard drive removed - can you get to the BIOS, and/or does the system > look at, or perhaps boot from the floppy drive > 2) If you can get to the BIOS does it look right - date and floppy, and POST > at least > 3) does the system beep ( quietly) at powerup > 4) have you tried the hard drive as slave in another system > >snip > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
