It's the motherboard because I ruled out everything else. It's not the video because I tried booting with a generic VGA PCI card - no video. More importantly, no keyboard lights, no beeps, and I am pretty sure the disk didn't spin up.
Add to that the fried power supply and the capacitor clues...
I've got a soldering iron and know how to use it. Right now I have a friend's terminal disassembled - if I botch up a capacitor transplant who knows if they'll refurb the existing hardware - and plus , whatever electrical event happened fried *at least* the power supply and, we think, these...
Very interesting. I'm not keen on taking a soldering iron to my friend's business equipment, though - just looking for a replacement board.
Thanks for learning me something!
You know, when I read your post I thought "didn't this guy read what I typed?" ... but then, running my finger over the row of 7, there are definitely 2 whose metal top isn't recessed lower than the plastic like the others and are, indeed, bulging a little.
Hi guys,
I've got the exact same problem as jdmark - a P1510 that seemed to have a power supply problem - no boot, no nothing. I replaced the power supply and now I get fan power when I hit the on/off button, but no beeps, no display - even when I connect a VGA card to the PCI slot. And, no...
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