Originally posted by: Jay
Does the fan in your power supply spin? If absolutely nothing is happening at all when you try to power it up, that really points toward the power supply. Even if nothing else in your computer works, the fan in the power supply should spin if it's not dead.
The only thing that is happening is that little green LED is blinking at me, mocking me. Does the fan in your power supply spin? If absolutely nothing is happening at all when you try to power it up, that really points toward the power supply. Even if nothing else in your computer works, the fan in the power supply should spin if it's not dead.
I've just read HP's troubleshooting advice on the blinking LED and it also suggests removing components one at a time. If this doesn't work, your power supply is f**ked. I believe those were HP's exact words.
When I get home I'll give it a go and if not, I guess I'm off to spend some money.
The baffling thing is that when I disconnected the main power cable from the motherboard, the light stopped blinking - could this mean my motherboard is gone? How could that be? It was working fine one day, the next it won't turn on. Or could it be that by disconnecting the motherboard I was effectively disconnecting the defective hard-drive (or whatever piece of hardware is defective).