I bought a Compaq computer a couple of years ago and bought just the tower from Circuit City. Then about 2 months after I brought it home I heard a loud POP come from the tower. It shut down instantly and never to come back on. Well I was told that the power supply had went out. Sooooo I take the computer apart since I know several people that have said that its pretty easy to swap out.
By the way when I took the computer back to Circuit City for Warranty work they took the tower in and called me about 3 weeks later to tell me there was a bug infestation and that the warranty was void on the spot. Also just to add fuel to the fire there was a game in the CD drive when it quit. I told the person at the counter about the game and they said I should get it back with the Computer. So when I come off of cloud nine about the infestation that was not true I go and pick up the tower. The front cover is busted and the DVD door is broke and hanging loose. I asked what the deal was with the busted cover and I got no where and they said it must have happend during shipping which they did not do because of the bug story.
OK now that we are up to date I just recently decide to dig out the compaq and see if I can fix it. I take the cover off and see that the cover was busted because some MORON at Circuit City tried to get the game out of the cd drive........I still move on past that and take out the Power Supply and go pick up a new one. I get home and fix the cover somewhat and install the new power supply.
Well after hooking everything back up I turn on the power supply and turn on the switch up front and finally life breaths back into the computer. All the fans turn on an so forth but there is no signal to the monitor. I think the monitor is a bust so I hook it up to a different computer that I know is working and the monitor works fine. I hook it back up to the Compaq that was screwed up and still nothing from the tower.
Is there something I have missed or is this tower basically junk now? Is there some way to check and see if the mother board is any good ?
I hope I didnt waste 40 bucks on a power supply for nothing
Paul