I traded my cousin some really expensive RAM that I happened accross for his old desktop, that he put his graphics card into that he swapped from his newer computer. If I plug the desktop into the wall and try to turn it on nothing happens. If I open it up I can see that the where the wire from the power supply plugs into the...
Sorry, I hadn’t had it fully opened on the other side… it’s actually the graphics card that has a light. I got tricked when I was looking in from the other side.
Nope, nothing. The light on the case button doesn’t activate, there are no noises or beeping, the fans don’t spin. The only sign of electricity at all is a small light where it connects to the graphics card.
I don’t see a spot for it on diagram or board. Everything is ziptied together, so it’s not easy to trace back right now. The system panel header is plugged in. USB 3_3_4 is plugged. CPU fan connector is plugged.
Chassis Fan connector not plugged. USB 4_5 not plugged. Chassis intrusion and speaker header not plugged. TPM header not plugged.
He doesn’t live near me, and it supposedly booted before he gave it to me. If I understand correctly, he had a family friend that has a PC repair business assemble the old one, with the old card from his newer computer. Everything seems professionally done with all the fancy zip tie cord management… but I don’t know.
It’s been a while since I worked on this, so maybe I will text him and see if I can refresh my memory.
So it worked and he gave it to you, and when it arrived at your place it no longer worked?
Yep, that’s the story. He’s a good guy, so I have no reason to doubt it. If there are any shenanigans, it would be the guy at the shop (that I don’t personally know) maybe tricking him into showing it booting properly. But that seems far fetched.
Is there a particular order to work through, that makes most sense troubleshooting wise? My hand is having trouble being nimble enough to reach a lot of places.
Edit: Is it possible there aren’t lights? I read through this a few times and don’t see anything.
Amazingly the computer came with the motherboard manual. I think something was wrong or a component was incompatible with the old one, and they had this one available.
Someone else suggested buying a speaker to hook up so I can hear the beeps. Do the lights provide the same info as the beeps?
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What do I need to trouble shoot second hand desktop computer? And how?
I traded my cousin some really expensive RAM that I happened accross for his old desktop, that he put his graphics card into that he swapped from his newer computer. If I plug the desktop into the wall and try to turn it on nothing happens. If I open it up I can see that the where the wire from the power supply plugs into the...
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