Well it appears that either the PSU or VRM for my Cube has given up the ghost - I'm leaning towards PSU, but not yet certain.
The Cube doesn't show any signs of life at all. Worked fine about a week ago but no dice yesterday or today. No lights/chime/anything, with or without anything connected. I do know that before, the PSU would remain somewhat warm externally while the Cube was plugged in but turned off. It would be much warmer (hot, almost) while the machine was running. Now, it's just cold even when plugged in and hooked up.
So that would suggest to me that it is the culprit. I also get nothing with a multimeter on any of the pins at the 4-pin DC connector. Unfortunately I don't have another PSU or a bench power supply to test with.
I've certainly read a lot over the years about these having issues, such as here and here, but it seems most people had an intermittent boot or other symptoms first. And have also read that opening them is a giant pain (and may even require damaging or destroying the casing). So not really looking forward to that ...
Any other Cube owners who've been through this, is this consistent with your experience or read on the situation? Just trying to determine if it's PSU or VRM first...
The Cube doesn't show any signs of life at all. Worked fine about a week ago but no dice yesterday or today. No lights/chime/anything, with or without anything connected. I do know that before, the PSU would remain somewhat warm externally while the Cube was plugged in but turned off. It would be much warmer (hot, almost) while the machine was running. Now, it's just cold even when plugged in and hooked up.
So that would suggest to me that it is the culprit. I also get nothing with a multimeter on any of the pins at the 4-pin DC connector. Unfortunately I don't have another PSU or a bench power supply to test with.
I've certainly read a lot over the years about these having issues, such as here and here, but it seems most people had an intermittent boot or other symptoms first. And have also read that opening them is a giant pain (and may even require damaging or destroying the casing). So not really looking forward to that ...
Any other Cube owners who've been through this, is this consistent with your experience or read on the situation? Just trying to determine if it's PSU or VRM first...
