Power supply?

I have an IBM Aptiva 2153-E2U that refuses to start. Was working fine last night and today nothing. I push the button, and nothing happens. I get no fan movement, no drive movements, no lights, nothing. I assume that the PS went bad. If so, can a larger PS be put in? It currently has a 95 watt PS, can I put in a larger one without damaging anything? I don't want to make this worse.

Thanks!

 

Sure you can try another PSU, the only down side would be if the M/B, or other hardware has a short circuit and tries to cook the PSU. You're going to have to find out one way or another.

 

luqa,

Any thoughts on adding a larger PS? Any other things I can check besides the PS? Thanks!

Mike

 

Don't know what else to add, based on your original question.

As I posted earlier, use what you have available to get things going again and don't worry about wattage. A good start would be to disconnect everything except K/BD,M/B, RAM and video card, and see if it posts correctly. If all is well then start adding drives, audio, modem etc. Have fun!

 

MinnesotaMike,

Check out the switch, cord, and cabling before you condemn the power supply. You might get lucky.

Regards.

 

Good news. The system is back up and running. I disconnected every wire/ribbon and reconnected. I also reseated the processor and I now have power. I am assuming that since I had checked the cables before, the culprit may have been the processor.

One existing problem does remain. Before all this happened, the floppy drive light was staying on and I was unable to access it. I put in different disks and none would read. I am off to try and find a solution. If you have one, please post.

Thanks again for the help!

Mike

 

Normally that means you have the cable reversed on the floppy drive. http://www.tyan.com/support/html/hfi5.html

#2 cause would likely be a bad floppy controller or improper recognition/driver or interrupt in BIOS setup.

 

Zephyr,

Thanks for the link. I'll double check the connections.

Mike

 

Quick update on the floppy drive. The cable was reversed. Not only on the floppy end, but also on the MB end. At least everything is back up and running as it should be.

Thanks again for all the help!

Mike

 

I'll not be able to explain that so let's just say, all's well that ends well.

Best regards.