Comment on What do I need to trouble shoot second hand desktop computer? And how?
BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Is the light on the motherboard or inside the metal box for the power supply?
More of the old, old ones would not do anything if any component was not properly seated. So maybe unplug and replug everything?
And if that doesn’t work, I would start systematically removing components to see if I could get a different response from the computer.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Sorry, I hadn’t had it fully opened on the other side… it’s actually the graphics card that has a light. I got tricked when I was looking in from the other side.
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viking@infosec.pub 6 months ago
That power connector is not supposed to hang loose in the air. Check the handbook for the mainboard to find out where it’s supposed to connect to.
Successful_Try543@feddit.de 6 months ago
Looking at the Asrock product page, there is only an additional 8-pin-connector at the top left, no 4-pin.
Bezier@suppo.fi 6 months ago
The 6-pin connector? That very much looks OK to me. I don’t see where it would go.
However there’s disconnected 2 pins on the graphics card.
magiccupcake@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That gpu looks like it only has 6 pins, not 8, so it could be fine.
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
It looks to me like that’s a 6+2 connector and they only needed the 6-pin so the +2 is just left dangling, which afaik is fine.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
It’s plugged in. I believe those are extra for something else thar he ziptied to the graphics connection. Here are a couple images.
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AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social 6 months ago
It's fine. The PCI-e is another one for a graphics card that requires more connectors to be attached.