- If you have a spare powerunit, then connect the HDD to that one and try again.
- The hdd is spinning up?
- press both mousebuttons on startup (early boot/startup screen), tell what you see there
- Sometimes a bad RDB can issue this failure
But I guess it is a bad powerunit. They are old now and at that time C= hadn't as much money as to the times of the A3000, so they used cheaper parts.
Could also be leaking electronic components on the motherboard.
Markus (A4000T, but AT-version)