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Hi, Gary! Happy New Year!
Sorry I haven't gotten back to you folks sooner. Last night was quite a
to-do here and I'm just getting going today.
The problem is solved thanks to the generous help of those in this newsgroup
that have taken an interest. I wound up removing the power supply to one
component at a time, starting with the floppy, and checking to see if the
PSU would start the computer after each removal. After everything was
removed and still no perceptible juice came forth from the PSU, I removed
the motherboard to check its mountings as you had suggested. I then found a
screw laying under the mobo in such a way that it had to press against the
mobo when it was mounted. Oddly enough, I couldn't visually detect any
damage to the mobo. So, I removed the screw, remounted the mobo and hooked
everything back up. When I pressed the Power button, the computer started
and seems to run ok. So, I guess the screw did no permanent damage.
Thanks again for your kind and generous help. I sincerely appreciate it.
Sorry I haven't gotten back to you folks sooner. Last night was quite a
to-do here and I'm just getting going today.
The problem is solved thanks to the generous help of those in this newsgroup
that have taken an interest. I wound up removing the power supply to one
component at a time, starting with the floppy, and checking to see if the
PSU would start the computer after each removal. After everything was
removed and still no perceptible juice came forth from the PSU, I removed
the motherboard to check its mountings as you had suggested. I then found a
screw laying under the mobo in such a way that it had to press against the
mobo when it was mounted. Oddly enough, I couldn't visually detect any
damage to the mobo. So, I removed the screw, remounted the mobo and hooked
everything back up. When I pressed the Power button, the computer started
and seems to run ok. So, I guess the screw did no permanent damage.
Thanks again for your kind and generous help. I sincerely appreciate it.