Hardware trouble? Me? Or ...??

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        My #1 machine (with F9 on one hard drive, and XP (to run topo 
maps) on the other) won't do anything; it doesn't even turn its
little blue light on.

        This *could* be my doing. Fool that I was, I went and
fiddled with what I had in sys-config-network, or whatever its
name is, and also edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Logging out and in
didn't do what I was trying to. I clicked on reboot, meaning
while I was at it to go into the XP drive long enough to update
the virus software.

        It hung up, early in the reboot sequence -- just starting
to shut down, in fact, iirc. Reset button did nothing; power
button did nothing; I pulled the plug, and walked away.

        When I came back, nothing I could do would make it so
much as turn its blue lights (nor, afaict, a fan) on.

        The UPS is on, and running both the monitor and a laptop. I tried 
moving the power cable to a different outlet on the back of the UPS; that 
didn't help either.

	Has the whole machine chosen this odd moment to die the death? 
(They do always choose odd moments, don't they?)

	Or is there hope? 

	Btw, I don't speak hardware; but I have a very capable young 
friend who is just getting into the business of making computer house 
calls; I have emailed him,and he'll reply eventually.

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