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When found as a problem, it was difficult if not impossible to see any power getting to the machine.  Hence it was thought to be a power cable type issue.  That is either the cable itself or the effective plugs at either end. The cable and the plug end could be easily tested, and were fine, so suspicion was on the other end just in the aple machine.

We did not get ti test this the first saturday.

However on the second saturday, progress was made on removing the under plate, and hence to see some of the moving parts etc.  To remove the base plate was just a very gentle lifting operation with a very fine blade.  No force at all.  This allowed one to see that the fan started after a short warnm up period.  The cable had nothing wrong with it.

This basically took up the second saturday session, with aim to come back next month.

When I got home I installed in garage, and switched on, and was surprised to see the machine starting up, and then performing plenty of normal stuff. There was no internet connection visible.

It was left running, but it decided to close down the power, and this whole episode has not been successfully repeated.

However it shows a heart beat,  sending power to peripherals, ie bespoke input /output devices, lasting say  seconds.  All the power is coming from the processor.

So Just need to know how to control this from the various buttons on the processor casing.  There must be some combinations to do things like 'restart'.

Otherwise snother trip to the church will be necessary.

M