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Ahoy,
This isn't unlike the question Ebiggs just posted, but I don't want to hijack his thread.
So, around this time last year I sold my old Shuttle SS51G to my girlfriend's family and in doing so I apparently became their tech support. I got a call from her Mom Friday night saying that the computer isn't working, it won't turn on. I went over yesterday evening to have a look, and as she said, it is lifeless. Hit the power switch and it does nothing. No beeps, no fans or drives spinning up, nothing comes up on the monitor, no lights on the case or mobo, nothing at all.
The question is, is this the likely fault of a bad PSU? or could it be something else.
I know the Shuttles have a bit of a reputation of cooking PSU's, so I'm pretty quick to jump to that conclusion. It's just a weak 200w unit. I was just about to order a 250W replacement but I don't want to end up spending their money on a component that isn't going to fix the issue. I feel bad enough as it is selling it to them with only a year of life left in it (although, I probably let it go to them for half of it's worth anyways). The biggest fear I have is that it's the mobo, or that the PSU may have taken the mobo with it. I'm pretty sure that the particular one in there (FS51...I think) is no longer available from Shuttle.
This isn't unlike the question Ebiggs just posted, but I don't want to hijack his thread.
So, around this time last year I sold my old Shuttle SS51G to my girlfriend's family and in doing so I apparently became their tech support. I got a call from her Mom Friday night saying that the computer isn't working, it won't turn on. I went over yesterday evening to have a look, and as she said, it is lifeless. Hit the power switch and it does nothing. No beeps, no fans or drives spinning up, nothing comes up on the monitor, no lights on the case or mobo, nothing at all.
The question is, is this the likely fault of a bad PSU? or could it be something else.
I know the Shuttles have a bit of a reputation of cooking PSU's, so I'm pretty quick to jump to that conclusion. It's just a weak 200w unit. I was just about to order a 250W replacement but I don't want to end up spending their money on a component that isn't going to fix the issue. I feel bad enough as it is selling it to them with only a year of life left in it (although, I probably let it go to them for half of it's worth anyways). The biggest fear I have is that it's the mobo, or that the PSU may have taken the mobo with it. I'm pretty sure that the particular one in there (FS51...I think) is no longer available from Shuttle.
