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I got an old computer from my dad and it wouldn't start. At first i thought it was the PSU, but i did the old paperclip trick and the fan started spinning. Its an LGA775 socket with a Pentium e5200. Anybody know what it could be?
 
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Thanks for your help, but that didn't work. The power button has two wires going into it and one of them was to loose, I plugged that wire in and it started again.
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Swap out the RAM sticks and carefully brush any dust off them then put one back to see if that makes a difference . If it doesn't, try it in the other slot and continue trying each stick in each slot.

Make sure all the power cnnections are firmly made, especially the 12 Volt to the CPU - a small four pin connector close to the heatsink.

You could still be right about he PSU so if you have another one, try that. It could also be a simple matter of the power button failing to reach the micro swith behind it.
 
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Thanks for your help, but that didn't work. The power button has two wires going into it and one of them was to loose, I plugged that wire in and it started again.
 
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