While cleaning amongst cables I managed to switch off a multi socket bar supplying most of my gear. I switched it back on and found the PC would not power up. Initially believing it to be the PSU I purchased a basic replacement to get myself up and running. This does not seem to be working. I found the paper clip test for PSUs in the forums so tested both. With the old one plugged into the HDD and two fans it once almost started but then gave up. So it would appear the PSU has a problem. The replacement when plugged into the HDD spins the HDD. So this seems to be fine. Plugging the PSU into the CPU socket and the 24pin power socket results in nothing. Do I take it as a pretty good indicator that the mainboard has an issue as well?
Thanks
Jeremy
Thanks
Jeremy