John Coppens <joh### [at] johncoppenscom> wrote:

> Is there any chance the power button is stuck mechanically? I'm supposing
> NOT, else after 4 seconds the power would cycle. It would be my first
> suspicion though.


on/off, besides the separate -reset- button does not work either and it should
under any circumstances. And because this happened right after my washing
machine blew a fuse, I suspect there has been a nasty power surge, they are
known to destroy sensitive low voltage circuits on motherboards.


with constant short beeps, unless I switch off the main supply, which by the
way looks to work fine.

I have had problems before, but then I could always turn off and reboot so I
could remove/replace components to find the fault. This is different, it seems

post which usually makes this tiny but characteristic sound when you reboot.

No video, but when I turn main power on, it -immediately without delay- goes to
both lights on front blinking and endless sequence of short beeps. Maybe the
BIOS got wiped out?
>
> Then, I'd try and replace the power supply entirely - a somewhat tedious
> job with all the connectors.


seem to be the only thing working.

Well, anyway, this is not the end of the world ;-)
thanks for you thoughts on this.

Hildur K.

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