Steve Urbach wrote in
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On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 23:08:49 -0000 (UTC), Boris
wrote:

Steve wrote in news
On 18/10/2017 19:29, Boris wrote:
Hi,

Machine is a Dell Inspiron 530 desktop, circa 2012, running VistaHP
x86, belonging to my 93 year-old mother-in-law. She called me to
day and said "It's broken".

The power button does nothing. When I hold in the power button,
there's no sound whatsoever. The fan in the back of the power
supply does not spin, but the little green light on the back of the
power supply does glow green, When unplugged, the light goes out.
Other than that, nothing makes a sound, and nothing else occurs.

Here's the power supply:

https://postimg.org/image/4hdxxqbwkr/

Sound like a PS issue?

TIA



I doubt if it's a PS failure, if there's a green light on the back.
It could be a single faulty component which is preventing a power
up, or it could be a faulty motherboard.

If you have the time, I would recommend you try removing one
component at a time from the PC and then try powering on. E.g.
unplug the CD-ROM's power and data cables, see if it powers up. If
it doesn't, replace the cables and remove the hard disk cables and
see if it powers up then. Just remove one thing at a time and if it
still doesn't power up after you tried removing each one in turn,
then remove everything from the PC, all components, PCI cards, until
there's just the power connector and the front panel switch plugged
into the motherboard. If there's still nothing then, you probably
need a new motherboard. You could get one from eBay.

Steve


Hmmm...had no idea it could be other components if the power supply
fan wouldn't go on. However, motherboard was my second guess.

I'll try your suggestion.

Thanks much.
Bulging Caps, probably

I'm going to take a close look today. I did have an E520 with bulgers.
BTW, this Inspiron 530 is from 10/30/2008 (not 2012 as I previously
stated).

BTW could the Green Light be the Network port ? The standby supply
runs that so WOL can function
It is part of the power supply case, and not on any other part of the case.
But, it does slowly dim and go out as I pull power.

Thanks.