I traded my cousin some really expensive RAM that I happened accross for his old desktop, that he put his graphics card into that he swapped from his newer computer. If I plug the desktop into the wall and try to turn it on nothing happens. If I open it up I can see that the where the wire from the power supply plugs into the motherboard there Is a little light on. So clearly some power is getting somewhere…

How do I go about trouble shooting this, and what tools do I need? I assume at minimum a multi meter? Not really sure what to do, it’s been decades the last time I built a computer.

  • viking@infosec.pub
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    6 months ago

    That power connector is not supposed to hang loose in the air. Check the handbook for the mainboard to find out where it’s supposed to connect to.

    • Bezier@suppo.fi
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      6 months ago

      The 6-pin connector? That very much looks OK to me. I don’t see where it would go.

      However there’s disconnected 2 pins on the graphics card.

      • SolOrion@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        6 months ago

        It looks to me like that’s a 6+2 connector and they only needed the 6-pin so the +2 is just left dangling, which afaik is fine.

        • Bezier@suppo.fi
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          6 months ago

          I saw 8 solder blobs, but I’m not sure if it’s actually an 8 pin anymore.

          • SolOrion@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            6 months ago

            Oh, yeah, okay, good point. I didn’t notice the solder. I’m not sure if it’s actually a six pin anymore. I have zero clue how an 8 pin GPU would react to only having 6 pins.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      6 months ago

      It’s plugged in. I believe those are extra for something else thar he ziptied to the graphics connection. Here are a couple images.