A few weeks ago my 2012 minitower started to need several starts before it booted up, and now it no longer boots. The fans rotate, the hard drive starts (or is that just the CD reader self-checking?), but it never goes beep and it displays no boot screen or error message. I've opened it up, removed slight dust accumulation from around the fans and checked all the connectors. What's likely to be the problem?
#repair #retrocomputing
Martin Rundkvist
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2026-10-25 15:41:22 UTC
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