computer won't power up

[Daniel Armstrong]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> While you've got it open, you might want to check to see if any of the
> capacitors are "poofy", like so:
>
> http://www.dwarfsoft.com/GameDev/blowncap.jpg
>
> I've had similar symptoms with boards having flaky caps.
>

No poofy capacitors here I am happy to say!

After replacing the PSU with the one from my own box... Everything
seems to be in working order again. Powering on and off works as
expected. I guess it was a flaky power supply after all... It was
about 4-5 years old.

Thanks again for all the help!
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