My 10 month old home-built system recently started exhibiting the following behavior. The machine refuses to power on using the normal power switch on the front of the case that's wired to the ...
If your computer is behaving strangely or randomly crashing, it can be hard to nail down the culprit. And as much as you don't want to believe it's the problem, testing your power supply should be ...
I'd guess you are looking at a cap failure in the original PSU. 386 era is what, early 90s. 30+ years is a good run. If a replacement PSU doesn't have a switch, you could always hook it to a surge ...