In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc steve podleski <steve.d.podleski@comcast.net> wrote:
> Bought a new PSU and voila, system powers up and boots.

Congratulations.

> Lucky to not have damaged the motherboard with my blunderings with the
> surplus Dell PSU.

Indeed. Custom hardware sometimes is an accident waiting to happen...

Arno

> Thanks to all for their help!

> "steve d. podleski" <steve.d.podleski@boeing.com> wrote in message
> news:J8s5oB.6x4@news.boeing.com...
>> While I was working on my pc, the system shut down as if the power failed.
>> I tried to turn the system back on but nothing happened. The only sign of
>> power was a green light on the motherboard. I replaced the power supply
> with
>> a used Dell power supply that I got at a surplus store; this used power
>> supply had an extra bundle of blue and while cable with a small connector
>> that, I guess, needs to be connected to the motherboard but I could not
> find
>> a compabatible socket; the old power supply had only one connector to the
>> motherboard.This replacement power supply had no effect including not
>> lighting the green light on the motherboard.
>>
>> Also, when the computer was functional, I would get occasional warnings
>> from the BIOS that the fan had 0 rpms but the after a few seconds, the fan
>> rpm was back to full value; I did not see this warning before the compuer
>> shut down.
>>
>> This system is over 5 years old with a 1.1GHz Athlon, ASUS motherboard and
>> 300W power supply and 768MB Crucials (sp?) RAM.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>