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I decided to just buy a new system (with the latest OS).
Then used the old hard drive as an external drive and gleaned the files which I wanted to save.
I decided to just buy a new system (with the latest OS).
Then used the old hard drive as an external drive and gleaned the files which I wanted to save.
All is well now and also below $400...
Again thanks to all.
that's the way you do it, you play the guitar on the MTV. Now I'm showing my age...
The tester will confirm or rule out if it's the power supply. If it's not the power supply, it's the motherboard and in my experience, they do go out especially on older PCs. Capacitors and ICs burn out occasionally.
If the fan doesn't turn on, pretty safe bet it's the PS. Don't need a paper clip or a tester.
I would use a small plastic ty-wrap or a straightened twisty tie from a loaf of bread to slowly stick into the fan until it litely clicked on the fan blades if they were turning. If the fan isn't turning there is no power to the power supply.
Don't neglect making sure power is coming into the system. Is the power cord unplugged (or even loose in the connections)? is the power strip turned on? You may laugh but over the years I have resolved more than a few panicked users when I found the cord had worked loose on the back of the PC or something ( a purse lunchbox, umbrella, etc) had hit the switch on the powerstrip under or behind the desk. 'Start at the wall and work out' an old office equipment repairman taught me years ago. I added an addendum 'if there is part of the power cord you can't see or will be hard to get to, that is where the problem will be'. I am a firm believer in Murphy.
I decided to just buy a new system (with the latest OS).
Then used the old hard drive as an external drive and gleaned the files which I wanted to save.
All is well now and also below $400...
Again thanks to all.
For an old system that is often a very good choice. Once core parts start failing on an old machine (whether it is a computer, washing machine, or car) others will soon follow. Did you keep the old disk drive? I was going to suggest buying a cheap external case for it that will allow you to hook it up via USB. That way if there is something that you forgot to pull off the system when you upgraded you can hook it up and grab it later. I get the cases at Microcenter for under $20 (usually on sale for $9.99).
I bought a SATA Hard Disk Drive Converter (with power supply), along with a Portable External Hard Drive Case (M.2). This combination allows me to work with hard drives using a USB cable, without having to open the case. The power supply is needed to use SATA drives; SSD drives do not require it. Most recently, I used the SATA converter to examine 3 SATA drives I had on the shelf.
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I have one of those adapter cable assemblies that can power up any external drive. It is one of those multi-connector devices so almost any drive can be powered and accessed.
Once I have all the files I need and transferred, I could use the drives as storage or whatever.
Fried transformer leads or popped capacitors; transistors and resistors and diodes are rarely bus fail-points on PSUs whether it's a dirt cheap SBX or Titanium rated Silverstone or Corsair ATX....
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