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No tower power?
Name: bridiebee Date: April 3, 2009 at 04:10:55 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 450/256 Subcategory: General
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Pc worked fine yesterday. Turned it on today and nothing..no power..no fans, no lights. Thing is though, I can use the wireless interent from it ok ( my router is pulgged into it) ie on another machine with the one that wont show lights.fans etc powered up. Can anyone shed any light on this please? Do you think its a faulty on/off switch...can it be the power supply with the router working plugged into it? Thanks
The power supply on the PC has nothing to do with the wireless router. Once the router is setup & configured, it doesn't need to be connected to a PC to be able to broadcast it's signal.
It's unlikely the problem is with the power button on the PC, it's probably a bad power supply.
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Response Number 2
Name: bridiebee Date: April 3, 2009 at 05:50:32 Pacific
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Thanks for that. Would it still power up the usb hub and the monitor that are connected please? That said, I am getting no flash on when I plug in as I usually do or any beeps...nothing.I havent a clue about psu..will it have the specs written on it if it turns out I need a new one? Thanks
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Response Number 3
Name: cliffpage Date: April 3, 2009 at 05:57:20 Pacific
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psu will have a label on it with wattage etc. depending on the type, a new one does not have to be identical . eg. if you have a standard ATX format PSU with say 250 watts on it then one with higher wattage will do, depending on where the label is stuck to psu you might need to remove psu from computer casing to see it. Some makes of PC eg. Dell, Compaq HP etc use special shape PSUs in some of their PCs and some also have different wiring plugs in which case you can only use their special PSU in those PCs. The PSU is the most common part to fail in a PC I reckon. A PSU outputs various voltages. If one voltage output fails then the PC will not work, but sometimes 'bits' of the PC might show some sign of life eg. lights / fans
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Response Number 4
Name: bridiebee Date: April 3, 2009 at 06:01:22 Pacific
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Thanks for that. Would it still power up the usb hub and the monitor that are connected please? That said, I am getting no flash on when I plug in as I usually do or any beeps...nothing.I havent a clue about psu..will it have the specs written on it if it turns out I need a new one? Thanks
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Response Number 5
Name: bridiebee Date: April 3, 2009 at 06:02:38 Pacific
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Sorry that post seems to have duplicated when I refreshed page. Thanks for all your help
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Response Number 6
Name: bridiebee Date: April 3, 2009 at 14:03:13 Pacific
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I am assuming its power supply then and buying a nw PSU. Could you jyst tell me something please? Mine is a 450W one. What am I getting if I go for a higer voltage apart from more power obviously. To what advantage is this? is it a good thing or a bad thing and can it be too high for my pc? thanks
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