Another Won't-Boot Issue

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Hi!

I was self-studying with Photoshop the other night on a handed-down, roughly 7-year old computer. The next day my Dad woke me up because the desktop refuses to boot...

Here are the specs as far as I can remember:
Motherboard: Intel DP35DP
RAM: 2 Team Elite 1GB DDR2 800 MHz
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PSU: ORION ATX-600w

My dad switched it on and left it to do some chores while waiting until it's ready for browsing. Few minutes later he noticed that the screen is blank.

Here's what I did to try and troubleshoot it:

I observed that the Power LED and the green Mobo LED is on and the fans are spinning but the monitor gets "No Signal."
I pressed the power button which instantly turned the lights (except the one on the Mobo) and the fans off but the it momentarily switched itself back on, still nothing on the monitor.

I unplugged the computer's power supply to completely power it off and plugged it back in which made all the lights on the tower, mouse and keyboard light up and the fans spin for just a second, which what the computer usually does when
 
Your PSU belongs to the bottom of the barrel, basically a fire hazard. Take a look at this list, its listed as tier 5, the worst one which should be replaced immediately:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

Get something from tier one, tier two (a) or tier two (b). Heck, even tier three. But get rid of this ASAP.

It most likely died, the question is whether or not it took something else with it.
 
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