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nephilim123

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Hi,
I am trying to fix a friends Packard Bell iMedia pc (about 3 years old). Cannot get any life out of it. I suspected the power supply but tried it in one of my pcs and it works fine. On the P Bell, got a light on the motherboard and a green network light next to the rj45 network socket at the back when connected. But press the on switch does nothing. Does this mean the motherboard is ok and it is something else? Have tried to boot using the bare minimum but no joy. Cheers in advance
 
Possibly, that is what I am beginning to wonder but I am not too sure about how to check. I have heard before about shorting these wires so you can (hopefully) start the pc without pressing the power button but I would not know how to do that. Also this power button sits on a mini board at the front of the pc with no actual wires on it, only 8/9 wires coming off the board which then goes to a 8/9 pin plug on the motherboard.
 
* Update *

I ended up taking it all apart and re-assembling it, but still no joy when I hit the power button. This time though, I left the power cable plugged into the psu for a few minutes (the longest time since looking at this problem) and the cpu fan suddenly starting to work and the blue led lights lite up the front panel. Sometimes the psu fan goes around and then stops but that is about it. No beeps, nothing on the screen (still in standby mode), no hd activity.
 
Sounds pretty dead to me... Normally I'd think it was just the power but with those other problems, there's probably something else going wrong in there...
 
usually it's the PSU or the Mobo in that situation, or the cable as someone mentioned, I would take a look for a cheap 2nd hand mobo on eBay, even if it costs £20 and it dosen't fix his computer it's certainly cheaper than a new one.
 
Managed to find an identical psu to try in it but still the same problem, so that is ruled out. As regards the motherboard, how do I know what kind of motherboard to get to replace it? Are they a standard type in a Packard Bell?
 
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