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    Have you checked to see everything is plugged in? Specifically PSU power? Are there any bloated or leaky caps?
    – Journeyman Geek ♦
    Commented Aug 13, 2015 at 8:09
  • @JourneymanGeek: Erm. Caps? What do you mean?
    – Nicholas Richards
    Commented Aug 13, 2015 at 8:57
  • capacitors. On some older systems they often fail. Its a simple thing to visually inspect.
    – Journeyman Geek ♦
    Commented Aug 13, 2015 at 9:31
  • Does there appear to be any activity - does the hard drive make activity sounds, do the HDD lights blink, does the keyboard respond (e.g. caps lock)
    – qasdfdsaq
    Commented Aug 13, 2015 at 11:08
  • I didn't see any bloated capacitors.
    – Nicholas Richards
    Commented Aug 13, 2015 at 11:30