Pendell 🔜 TFF
My dad wants me to check out his PC that suddenly stopped turning on. It's a Dell Optiplex 790 I ordered him off the internet a few years ago, swapped in an SSD. I'm a bit out of my depth because I'm not actually very smart on the electronic principles side of things, even if you handed me a multimeter I wouldn't know how to use it or what to check. It *could* be the power supply going out, but if it is, I'd have no way to verify that... And if it is, it could've burnt out the motherboard...
Feb 28 at 7:57pmMoshidon
Show threadMicolithe 🟨⬜🟪⬛Feb 28
@pendell if the power supply is ATX, if you bridge the single green wire to any black wire on the 24-pin connector, the power supply should start up, if it doesn't then it's dead, if it does start up then the problem lies elsewhere
Show threadMicolithe 🟨⬜🟪⬛Feb 28
@pendell apparently i found an argument that says the term is short (connect briefly) because if you bridge it and leave it like that it's the equivalent of holding the power button down so it'll just shut off again
Show threadPendell 🔜 TFFMar 1
@micolithe I didn't have like a shim or tool I felt comfortable shorting out the connectors with so I just said screw it and ordered the PSU and a new power cable for $30 off eBay, if it works then Yay if it doesn't might try dropping it off with a local repair shop and then if they can't do anything it's a new(ish) used office PC off fb marketplace :p
Show threadPendell 🔜 TFFMar 5
@micolithe Well good news, I ordered a replacement PSU shipped to his house, and he's smart enough with electronics (RC car junkie) that he swapped it out himself with a YouTube tutorial and now he can watch his Ryan George sketches at his desk once more