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oh, lovely - after all that effort to make neat cabling and finally plugging everything in... Marie just doesn't want to turn on :(
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@mk dear !fediverse, after pondering this ^ problem, am I right in thinking it is probably a broken power supply? Not even the blue led in the on button comes on when I press it :(
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@mk probably power supply. Other possibilities: Broken mainboard, or even weak BIOS/clock battery. Or a problem with the new cabling!
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@mcscx thanks; for BIOS/clock battery I would expect it to come on, and give me a POST error code. Or for missing keyboard / mouse. But the led on the power-on button doesn't even come on; and other devices on the same set of outlets are powered.
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@mk It's weird but I've seen boards that seemed to be totally dead because of dead battery. Also try disconnecting the pc for some hours
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@mcscx hmm - it's been turned off since early April (when I departed for my South-East Europe trip) -that may make a dead battery a more likely cause. I'll call a repair man tomorrow and hear what he says...
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@mk did you do new mains power cabling? In that case check if you hear the usual short brizzl sound when connecting the power plug to Marie
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@mcscx yes I did - but... "usual short brizzl sound"??? now I'm #confuzzled. I *never* hear any sound when connecting a power cable. Just what is supposed to make that sound? And what about other things running off the same mains power connection (like this computer which doesn't seem to have any problems)?
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@mk When connecting a computer power supply to mains there'll be a _small_ spark you can usually hear if your ear is trained. :-)
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@mcscx interesting, but I've *never* heard that! even if by now I may have small loss of hearing for some tones, I've not ever heard that in the past either. So, anyway, for me it's out as a diagnostic
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@mcscx just called computer repair man Andre - he agrees it's most likely the power supply, will come over next Tuesday.
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@mcscx before calling, I also tested connecting it to a totally different outlet - no sound, no juice... :(
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