First post, by Gonzoville
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I recently acquired one of those ugly Disney Dream Desk PCs with every option from the camera to the printer to the blue cables that are all kind of sticky now. Will scrub those with vinegar soon.
I'm also new here, so, hello. Trying my best to match how your posts look. Is this code switching?
As much as I'd like my first post to be about upgrading this machine or something cool, it just doesn't turn on right now. My main wonder is whether I can replace the power supply. I've tinkered with pre-builts before but nothing this old.
See more pictures here: https://imgur.com/a/e41bphb
Pretty normal innards and otherwise wacky. I read somewhere that they had a few of these set up to demo at DisneyQuest, but I digress.
I got the set from an old lady's house and was told that a light sometimes came on when the power button was pressed, but nothing else.
During testing, which was pretty brief, I pressed the power button and saw the green LED on the case face light up, then immediately fade away. I couldn't repeat this. No POST could be heard, either.
The monitor and mouse seem fine. I get a Disney splash screen when I power up the monitor, then it tells me NO SIGNAL like it's supposed to and turns back off. As far as the mouse, the laser looks bright red and otherwise ready to do its job. I neglected to test the keyboard lights however.
Even though the mouse shows signs of life, I felt like a good place to start would be to replace the power supply. It's an FSP Group Inc FSP250-50LPU. I did find one for sale online, but the order was immediately canceled and I'm still waiting on replies to several emails about it, so I figured I would move on. I found other PSUs from the same manufacturer/era and was kind of keen on trying an FSP250-50SAV, but no matter how close the specs on the sticker are to the FSP250-50LPU, there are always at least one or two cables on slightly different voltages and/or amperage and whatnot. Would that be risky?
So, if y'all also think that replacing the power supply could get the PC up and running again, where do you think I should start? I'm hearing that modern PSUs may be able to do the job, but right now I'm not even so sure that the power supply is the MacGuffin here.
Could it be the motherboard? We dealing with some cap issues here? (I don't have a good eye for that)
Thank you thank you for reading and participating.