no power to processor

virgin_moneysaver

Hi - after my own pc died I was given the pc that had belonged to my deceased F-in-L, this had been in storage for 18 mths & it was working when it was disconnected after his death. Tried to power it up today & nothing, tried it with the lead off my pc, still nothing - any ideas or advice would be appreciated - thanx

JasX

1- Look for a make/model number and try to determine spec to see if its worth spending any time/money on at all

2- Worth pulling the hard drive early on and hooking it up to another PC to see if there is any data worth keeping
-Family might be interested in copies if there are any family photos videos etc stored on there
-If its full of Oriental midget !!!!!! probably better to give it a good reformat and say no more about it to said family

virgin_moneysaver

its an Advent PC with Windows Vista & I think he had it new around 2006
Intel Core 2 Duo - model T9608 no paperwork with it as such so no idea of Ram etc

I had the same thought as you as in didn't want to spend a lot to repair if not really worth it - I think Advent is Currys own make but could be wrong

JasX

well might have some life left in it for basic use if its a 2006 model, might be worth pulling out and reconnecting all power cables and removing/reseating the RAM and trying again (in particular check the connection froom the 'on' switch to the motherboard hasn't come off )

TAKE ANTI STATIC PRECAUTIONS!

If that brings no joy do you have a spare PSU around you can try plugging into it?

Finally if no luck there carry on if you like but you could probably buy a working similar spec PC on ebay for £50-£100.

I'd be taking it apart at that point and popping the hard drive, CD drive, network cards etc onto my spare parts shelf.

You can test the PSU in isolation if you have a multimeter and google how to jump start it and measure the outputs.... low voltage so fairly safe just try not to give yourself a shock and don;t even think about disassembling it