Thanks for your help so far guys, your comments are really useful!
I'll be doing the out-of-case troubleshooting within a few days, but the way it is conducted has already answered one of my questions: in principle a system without a HD should yield at least a screen signal. Since mine doesn't I obviously have bigger problems than a HD failure. I'll be checking with a borrowed HD whether I can get the system to boot as well, but on the basis on what I've just said I suspect this will not work.
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Try running some diagnostics on the hard drive and see if it passes the dianostic tests.
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The problem is that a friend's system won't boot when my HD is installed as a slave, and so I can't run any diagnostics on it. Are there any tricks to work around this, or should I assume I will never be able to access the unit again?
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I'd replace it with a brand like Antec or Enlight.
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I totally agree, but I bought this unit with the aim of checking whether the system could be reanimated at all without spending too much money; still not sure whether that was a bad choice
