Wow, my Monday morning computer dilemma sounds like a walk in the park compared to yours. Mine was truly whacking out, ticking inside with nearly every visual display flashing at random. I was sure it was a hard drive failure. My secretary's HD failed two weeks ago on an identical machine.
I'm pretty handy with computer HARDware issues, but this situation looked pretty bleak to say the least, so I took it to the local shop that handles our computer repairs. Upon initial investigation, the technician said that it looked like a failure of the proprietary motherboard. One of those situations where it's cheaper and easier to replace the whole thing.
Two hours later, the guy calls me with "good news and bad news". I'm thinking that the bad news will outweigh the good.
Nope.........The power supply was putting out 5VAC instead of 5VDC, causing total chaos. He's going to check to see if he has one that will work, otherwise he will have to order one.
Oh, the bad news? The replacement power supply didn't quite line up with the cabinet cutouts and the 110/220 switch would be covered. He had to use a nibbling tool to notch an opening for it. Oh, no!
Talk about a bad day turning into a good one in short fashion. A hundred bucks later and I was back in business by lunch time. What a country.
