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Indy will not power on - SuicideK - 01-21-2019
Hi , been a lurker for awhile but never really post anything. I acquired an Indy yesterday with the caveat of it not booting. When I plug it in and attempt power on the led flickers red and I hear clicking from the PSU. Seems pretty apparent to me the PSU is dead ( wall oulet and cable power other machines without issue ) before I went down the expensive route of sourcing an Indy lower supply I thought I would ask other Indy owners their thoughts and any issues I should be aware with PSU swapping.
-SK
RE: Indy will not power on - uunix - 01-21-2019
Obviously ensure everything is plugged in internally, but I would leave it plugged into the mains and attempt to fire it up every few hours.. What make of PSU is it?
RE: Indy will not power on - dexter1 - 01-21-2019
It could be the mainboard itself that has blown a capacitor. Check the image from Gearhard Lenerz' website, archived here
If you take a look at the photo and check out the three yellow capacitors (c15 c16 c17) in a row, just left of the leftmost red component, you see that C16 looks funny. That capacitor sometimes blows up and leaves magic smoke.
Make sure you have a look at your mainboard on that spot.
RE: Indy will not power on - SuicideK - 01-23-2019
Thanks all , I took it apart over the weekend and did not see any apparent mobile damage or blown caps. It has the Nidec power supply in it , and I guess was running 24/7 at one point ( it was a firewall for an animation studio) attempting to source a new PSU for it.
-SK
RE: Indy will not power on - SuicideK - 03-10-2019
I wanted to close this out for anyone else to reference in the future. The issue was indeed a dead power supply. I purchased a Sony supply and it booted right up.
-SK
RE: Indy will not power on - Raion - 03-10-2019
Keep all of your old PSUs.
it's also noted that Sony PSUs are **not** immune to failure. They can blow mosfets and other components still.