On 2008-03-08, Jon Elson wrote:
DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2008-03-05, Karl Townsend wrote:

My other computer just died... FWIW, it just completed a 2000 trip. Ran fine
before the move. Nothing after.

When you push the button in front to boot the computer, the fans just spin
for a second and nothing else happens. Any suggestions on what might be
wrong?


My first thought would be to open it up and check that all
connectors are fully seated. Pay special attention to any cables from
the power supply to the system board.


Its an older Dell P4 2 Ghz model.


Dell? Sorry. :-( They tend to be less standard than any three
other PCs combined.

Good Luck,
DoN.

The Dell Optiplex machines have been the MOST standard,
universally compatible machines I've used. I tend to be most
focussed on the parallel port and Linux compatibility, though,
so I may have missed other stuff that wasn't compatible.

We are talking about brackets and connectors here.

i