Before I fire up any machine that has sat unused for a period of time I do the following:
1. Open Case
2. Clean interior with spray air.
3. Remove and blow out the PSU.
4. Reseat all cards and cables.
5. Reinstall PSU.
6. Close Case.
7. Offer sacrifice to God's of Tech
8. Power the sucker up.
Over time, buildup in toe form of dust, lack of use and storage do weird things to machines. I know that if it is just sitting there, unused and it was known to work before it was stored; then it should work fine. However this is not always the case. I have learned the hard way by spending countless hours troubleshooting a machine, when a simple system cleaning and card / cable reseat usually do the trick.
Give it a shot and report back.
1. Open Case
2. Clean interior with spray air.
3. Remove and blow out the PSU.
4. Reseat all cards and cables.
5. Reinstall PSU.
6. Close Case.
7. Offer sacrifice to God's of Tech
8. Power the sucker up.
Over time, buildup in toe form of dust, lack of use and storage do weird things to machines. I know that if it is just sitting there, unused and it was known to work before it was stored; then it should work fine. However this is not always the case. I have learned the hard way by spending countless hours troubleshooting a machine, when a simple system cleaning and card / cable reseat usually do the trick.
Give it a shot and report back.