Well, I was working on a clients machine that didn't turn on... figured it was the PSU... connected the PSU to my PC and it didn't turn on either... so it was determind that the PSU was dead. Got the client a new 450W PSU... hooked it up and everything ran good with his old OS installed... no problems... after I rebooted the PC stayed on a black screen with the curser blinking (after the "Windows XP" loading screen).
I've noticed after you turn off the computer completely it'll boot up regularly... if rebooted it'll stay on that black screen... could the motherboard suffered damages as a result of the dead PSU, or could it be another component mal-functioning...? I've worked on this machine before and it didn't have problems so I'm trying to draw a conclusion... it woud be best for the client to keep the HDD, PSU, CD-RW/CD-ROM, Case and floppy and just get an upgraded motherboard, CPU and RAM... (new pc w00t) let me know!
I've noticed after you turn off the computer completely it'll boot up regularly... if rebooted it'll stay on that black screen... could the motherboard suffered damages as a result of the dead PSU, or could it be another component mal-functioning...? I've worked on this machine before and it didn't have problems so I'm trying to draw a conclusion... it woud be best for the client to keep the HDD, PSU, CD-RW/CD-ROM, Case and floppy and just get an upgraded motherboard, CPU and RAM... (new pc w00t) let me know!