Computer Fix the fifth

This one was interesting. We have a pretty solidly built desktop that has just failed to switch on one day. There was a light on the front panel and one on the motherboard, but no fans going. So, we suspect motherboard or power supply. Either way, we take it home for further examination.

Swapping the power supply helped, in that we could get the fans to spin for maybe a second. This is an improvement, but still not very useful to the customer. So. We go to unplugging all the extraneous stuff (discs, cards, etc.).

I unplugged the graphics card and the computer booted. Sweet.

As the motherboard had onboard graphics anyway, and the PC is getting on in years, we decided to use that. There were some odd uncalled-for reboots after that but I put it down to not having the latest drivers on (Intel website is very annoying - how many clicks to download my drivers?).

So reconnected all the other stuff, left the modem out because who uses dial-up these days? and returned to the customer.