pc tower power light flashing

JasX

pcombo wrote: »

Ohhh jeeez what about the ESD precautions.

not to mention whether or not their current problems are even vaguely related to the PSU beaiing faulty.... even the most basic of googling brings up things like

this

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bph06788&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=391933&dlc=en&lang=en#bph06788_section_2

and this

I strongly recommend that people having exactly such an issue (flashing green LED on the power supply after unplugging the computer from the wall socket for a while) to try this out before buying a new power supply or motherboard, it worked like magic for me eventhough I tried all other rescue tips (from this forum other ones and even HP) like removing all plugged in cables from the mother board, resetting CMOS ... nothing worked and it was the same **** same story until I used the method that babonim described !!! Thanks again babonim !!!

http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/motherboards-bios-cpu/177357-hp-pavilion-t490-power-light-flashing-wont-start.html

but by all means go buy a new powersupply first and find thats not the problem yourself before trying the free troubleshooting stuff if thats the way you and ktuludays want to work things