Computer Debugging
I received a computer from a client who was complaining that their 1 year old HP was having strange problems. Knowing their history, the first thing that I suspected was adware/spyware/virii. The problem was quite simple – the computer would turn itself off after having only run for a few minutes.
When I got the machine hooked up in my office, it wouldn’t power on at all. The LED on the power supply was green, but the on button had no effect. This usually means that the power supply or the motherboard is bad. I cracked the case, and found a really unusual surprise….
I put the cover back on, and took it out on the deck to finish the ‘de-bugging’.
Here is what I saw when I first opened the case:
