Problem solved.
Thanks for the offer. My friend bought a replacement battery for £1 and
it is up and running again. I wonder how many usable PCs get abandoned
when this happens
Roger
On 31/08/11 20:40, Ally Biggs wrote:
> What's the model? I work at Jamies Computers may be able to sort out a
> replacement PSU for you worst case scenario
>
> Cheers
>
> Ally
>
> > Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:15:29 +0100
> > From: rogermunford@???
> > To: Hampshire@???
> > Subject: [Hampshire] Old Dell dying
> >
> > A friend has an old Dell machine which has served him well but recently
> > it lost its date and time which I diagnosed as needing a replacement
> > motherboard battery. Before he could change it, the computer became
> > unstartable. No fan, no lights nothing as if the power supply had
> > completely failed.
> > Could a low battery prevent the Dell from starting or is there another
> > problem overshadowing it?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Roger
> >
> >
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