Is Pc totally broke or just a new power supply needed?

Hi guy's, a question here that probably has a simple answer but I don't know the answer

Mate of mine rang me awhile ago and said he moved a switch at the back of his pc while it was running and it just knocked off and now it won't start up again.


I don't know what make or model his pc is as I only briefly talked to him on the phone but I gather it was the "voltage" switch that he moved while the pc was on.

Would a new power supply be sufficient to get his pc working again? Or is the pc trash ?

By the way, I havn't a clue why he moved the switch lol

Thanks
Sandisk

 

yep new power supply
unless its like a windows 2000 then youll need a new one

 

I think he was actually running windows 98 or yeah maybe even win 2k ?

Does this mean the pc is useless? or would it be worth spending the few quid on a powers suply to try ?

Thanks
Sandisk

 

Thanks for the reply.

Well yes I'm in Ireland so i guess we use the same psu's as the uk

Yes ddp, I remember you telling me something about this switch before, as in what countries use which voltage.

So as you said, we know he blasted the psu. In your opinion/experience is more than the psu usually fried ? Or is it worth spending the 30 quid or so getting a new psu?

Thanks
Sandisk

 

I see.

Well God knows what my mate was doing at that switch in the first place lol.

He's not really into pc's in a big way, just for the kids and a bit of typing and when I asked "why did you press the switch", he said he was curious what it was for lol. I'll tell him to leave it in and try a psu and hopefully it works.

Thanks for the reply's.

Sandisk

 

Just an update on this.

Today I bought a power supply unit and took the old one out and put the new one in.

When I pressed the power button on the unit a light came on, then I pressed the "on" button on the pc and the cpu fan start spinning and then a few lights came on on the front of the pc so I thought great.

Nothing appeared on the monitor and then I heard a little clicking noise and the fan stopped spinning and then I smelt a slight burning smell.

Pc done for ?

Thanks
Sandisk

 

Yeah I just tried turning on the power supply when just attached to the mobo and there doesn't seem to be any power going there at all.

So this means the motherboard is gone ?

This system is a good few years old, I don't really know how many but it's a few years old, so would the hardware inside that pc be still of use, as in the 40gb hd, cd burner, RAM ect...

The make of the pc seems to be "Jaguar systems", so would it be worth getting a new motherboard or better off just dumping the pc and buying a new one?

Thanks
Sandisk

 

Grand, thanks for that help out.

Shame it's gone to waste as it loks like an ok pc! Why the hell was he at that "tiny" switch at the back while the pc was running :-|

Thanks for the reply's
Sandisk

 

I'd say he has learned. A couple months back he had another pc, again this was pc he had was old, much older than this current one. Kids used it for "learning software" and other stuff. He came home one day and Windows was totally wiped off the pc and he was getting a "cmos battery has failed" when pc booted up. The cmos must have been built into the mobo because there was no battery on the mobo.

As I said, that pc was ancient lol, and I'd say he has learned his lesson, 2 pc's broke within a couple/few months.

Thanks for the dig out on this.

Sandisk

 

Thanks for that info ddp but that pc has been dumped.

Can I just ask, the hardware from the fried pc, could some of this be added to a different pc as in the 40gb hd and maybe the RAM or would they more than likely be fried or malfunctioned too?

Thanks
Sandisk

 

Couldn't hurt to try out individual parts. But most likely anything that was attached to that PSU when your friend juiced it is probably finished.

 

Thanks for the info!

Sandisk

 

You did ddp, sorry my mistake.

Sandisk