power problem

jaarius

hey lads

when i hit the power on button the fan spins once and then stops. afaik the power supply is good. does anyone know what it could be? usually i would order teh part but this one is for a friend.

oh yeah! its (cringe!) an IBM Aptiva Model:
2153-E18

thank for any help you can give


j

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"Why not put the match in a shark tank, with real live sharks, hungry sharks, and the only way to beat your
opponent is to stuff them down a shark's throat and pin a shark".
-Kurt Angle to Lilian Garcia

Gerry

How do you know the power supply is good? Try testing the machine with a different psu?

Xterminator

Hi,

I wuz a product specialist for IBM, n this is 1 of the machines I supported. (It only had a 1 yr warranty from manufacturer. See if friend purchased extended warranty from reseller)

This is exactly what IBM would say you should do.

First remove any added (didnt ship with pc) hardware, eg graphics card,ram etc. Then try to boot.

If that does not work

Remove 1 peripheral at a time. Start with the mouse. Try to boot.
If prob remains, remove the next.

If you are down to the tower unit and its still not booting, open case(see www.pc.ibm.com/support). Remove 1 component (eg hdd) at a time. try to boot each time.

When you are down to system board, etc, reseat the memory and processor. Also reseat the power connectors to the motherboard, with a different connector if possible, to eliminate the possibility of this being the problem.

If you do all this and the problem is not resolved, you'd be best to bring it to a shop.

When the shop rings IBM they'll be told to try a different Processor. Ram chip, power supply and motherboard. If the dont have the parts, they'll be advised to replace them 1 at a time. all parts have FRU no's, and can be ordered from the parts dept in Bolder Colerado if you can quote the fru.

X

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"Man, you go through life, you try to be nice to people, you struggle against the urge to punch ‘em in the face, and for what?! For some pimply little puke to treat you like dirt unless you're on a team. Well I'm better than dirt ... well most kinds of dirt. I mean, not that fancy, store-bought dirt. That stuff’s loaded with nutrients. I …I can't compete with that stuff."
-Moe Szyslak

jaarius

i've done those things. whats bothering me is why the fan is spinning once and then stopping. its not the power supply or any peripherals or NEthing.

if this is a system board problem can it be fixed from my end (trying to have no cost on this one). i am a tech for and IBM only company and this one is baking my noodle.

cheers for the help so far tho, i do appriciate it.


j

---

"Why not put the match in a shark tank, with real live sharks, hungry sharks, and the only way to beat your
opponent is to stuff them down a shark's throat and pin a shark".
-Kurt Angle to Lilian Garcia

jaarius

i've done those things. whats bothering me is why the fan is spinning once and then stopping. its not the power supply or any peripherals or NEthing.

if this is a system board problem can it be fixed from my end (trying to have no cost on this one). i am a tech for and IBM only company and this one is baking my noodle.

cheers for the help so far tho, i do appriciate it.


j

---

"Why not put the match in a shark tank, with real live sharks, hungry sharks, and the only way to beat your
opponent is to stuff them down a shark's throat and pin a shark".
-Kurt Angle to Lilian Garcia

amen

I can't really remember but I think the IBM pcs have beep codes.

when the machine comes on it does a self check. if an error occurs the machine beeps x times.

check the ibm web site for a description of what each beep means.

jaarius

i have tested it. it works okay.


j

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"Why not put the match in a shark tank, with real live sharks, hungry sharks, and the only way to beat your
opponent is to stuff them down a shark's throat and pin a shark".
-Kurt Angle to Lilian Garcia

seamus

Which Fan? psu or cpu? if it's the cpu fan, it's probably a loose wire r sumfink - buy a new one. If it's psu, buy a new psu.