Question PC won’t switch on

[LennyT]

Hi

My parents PC won’t switch on. I’m not sure what happened but there was a broadband outage and possibly a power outage earlier. They have a Virgin Media V6 which completely died the same as the PC.

The light at the back of the PC’s power supply comes on but the power LED where the power button is located doesn’t. When I used to plug the power cable into the back of the PC power supply it made a sound like a click but that doesn’t happen now.

The PC is very old but works perfectly well for what they use it for. Buying a new one is not an option. I was wondering if this might be a power supply issue?

This is the PC:

https://icecat.co.uk/p/vendorName/mpn/desc-4000082.html

Any recommendations for a power supply that would work on this PC would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

 

[stonecarver]

I'm just going on a hunch being as the PC has an i5-650 CPU and that motherboard is a 1156 were talking 2009-2010 model I bet being it's your parents has spent it's whole life always plugged into wall power.

Un plug and open it up and carefully remove the coin size battery and if you have one use a DC volt meter and read the life in battery.

Just go get a new battery and see if it lets PC kick back on. If it does you might have to set a few things in BIOS or just the date and time.

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[LennyT]

I'm just going on a hunch being as the PC has an i5-650 CPU and that motherboard is a 1156 were talking 2009-2010 model I bet being it's your parents has spent it's whole life always plugged into wall power.

Un plug and open it up and carefully remove the coin size battery and if you have one use a DC volt meter and read the life in battery.

Just go get a new battery and see if it lets PC kick back on. If it does you might have to set a few things in BIOS or just the date and time.

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Thank you for the suggestion.

Would this do the job?

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9805608?clickSR=slp:term:cr2032:1:183:1

 

[DaleH]

Thank you for the suggestion.

Would this do the job?

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9805608?clickSR=slp:term:cr2032:1:183:1

Thank you for the suggestion.

Would this do the job?

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9805608?clickSR=slp:term:cr2032:1:183:1

Yes. 2032 battery is typically used. Frequently carried at the Walgreens or Batteries Plus.

 

[LennyT]

Thanks for the reply.