My computer won't turn on!!!!

Hey folks, my parent's 10 year old Dell Dimension 5100 basically won't turn on, there is a light on the motherboard so i think power is still reaching the power supply. Now the funny thing is that when the computer was last shut off, it wouldn't turn off by just clicking on shut down but it turned off when clicking on restart. Cheers guys.

Hey folks, my parent's 10 year old Dell Dimension 5100 basically won't turn on, there is a light on the motherboard so i think power is still reaching the power supply. Now the funny thing is that when the computer was last shut off, it wouldn't turn off by just clicking on shut down but it turned off when clicking on restart. Cheers guys.

KABOOOM3

I would first say the power supply and then the motherboard. In any case if it's a standard psu you can change it, but if that doesn't work, i would just throw the dinosaur away.

Yeah i thought that would be the case... just wondering, does changing the psu format the hdd?

Yeah i thought that would be the case... just wondering, does changing the psu format the hdd?

KABOOOM3

Cheers for the help guys :D

I would first say the power supply and then the motherboard. In any case if it's a standard psu you can change it, but if that doesn't work, i would just throw the dinosaur away.

evildead6789

Most likely the power supply, but a new power supply is worth more than the pc, so I wouldn't bother.