It has been zapped by a power surge while on or something of the like (surge/drop etc). It was recently-along with an ADC surge protector and my modem. ADC replaced the surge protector and the modem and gave me money for damage. FYI
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1) This one supposedly had a bad mother board-g85152vvru4
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I took it to shop- they told me it was in working order. They took parts from an older non working tower and swapped them (basically swapped video cards and ram). It worked for a day or 2 then no more. Then I took it to my brother (the shop obviously didnt know what they were talking about) and my brother said it booted up fine for him. He though I was crazy, EO. I went over to his house a month later to swap parts or figure it out on my own and he booted it up first hoping to show me it worked, and it did not boot. So we swapped power supplies. I did not test the PS when we had it out unfortunately.
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2) This one was working until i recently swapped batteries between 2&3 to see if one was bad and also added a HD (and now wont start)-xb3420ujnvb
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QUESTIONS:
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3) That was working (took to the shop and they took parts from 1 and put into #3)but would not turn on for me after 1 st week-c84493dyopp
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Is making the fans spin when testing a power supply really a concrete test? I tested the one we removed after I got it home. Fans spun fine on 14 & 23.
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#1 & #3 have been zapped by a power surge while on or something of the like. #1 a while ago. #3 recently along with an ADC surge protector and my modem. #2 was plugged into another ADC surge protector but was not turned on. ADC replaced both surge protectors and gave me money for damage.
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Any ideas on what this might be other than power supply? Do you think I can test PS when it is in the tower? I don’t think I can get all plugs unhooked without removing the processor.
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I took to shop and like I said before they told me #1 was a bad mother board; #3 is in working order and the took parts from #1 and put in #3 (basically swapped video cards and ram). It worked for a sec then no more. Took to my brother (the shop obviously didnt know what they were talking about) and my brother said it booted up fine for him. I went over to his house a month later to swap parts and he booted it up first hoping to show me it worked, and it did not boot. So we swapped power supplies. I did not test it at the time unfortunately. If I cant get 1 working tower I will part out all of them and test then.
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I always get the click; the light (near the power button) sometimes comes on but not always. I have not tried the hair dryer trick yet.
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Really I have 3 questions:
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Any idea what is causing my #2 tower not to boot. It was fine until I added another HD and and removed the battery. Should I try hitting the reset button?
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Is making the fans spin when testing a power supply really a concrete test?
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I am guessing that the #3 tower will have the same answer as the #2 tower as well but it is another question.
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Any ideas are welcome! I am at my wits end, they either work or are parted (which is better than garbage) but for some stupid reason I like this model-I know I’m not alone.
I have a total of 3 towers.
1) This one supposedly had a bad mother board-g85152vvru4
2) This one was working until i recently swapped batteries between 2&3 to see if one was bad and also added a HD (and now wont start)-xb3420ujnvb
3) That was working (took to the shop and they took parts from 1 and put into #3) but would not turn on for me after 1 st week-c84493dyopp
#1 & #3 have been zapped by a power surge while on or something of the like. #1 a while ago. #3 recently along with an ADC surge protector and my modem. #2 was plugged into another ADC surge protector but was not turned on. ADC replaced both surge protectors and gave me money for damage.
I took to shop and like I said before they told me #1 was a bad mother board; #3 is in working order and the took parts from #1 and put in #3 (basically swapped video cards and ram). It worked for a sec then no more. Took to my brother (the shop obviously didnt know what they were talking about) and my brother said it booted up fine for him. I went over to his house a month later to swap parts and he booted it up first hoping to show me it worked, and it did not boot. So we swapped power supplies. I did not test it at the time unfortunately. If I cant get 1 working tower I will part out all of them and test then.
Really I have 3 questions:
Any idea what is causing my #2 tower not to boot. It was fine until I added another HD and and removed the battery. Should I try hitting the reset button?
Is making the fans spin when testing a power supply really a concrete test?
I am guessing that the #3 tower will have the same answer as the #2 tower as well but it is another question.