HP DESKTOP Workstation - fort Fan - 420Z sees power light come on but does not start

My workstation HP420Z worked well until it didn't. When I start now all I get is a sound whirring after about a minute or two.

I have a clean machine (no dust)

I tried reinstalling all the cables,

Remove and replace memory

Replace battery remove

Reset the CMOS

Reinstalling the video card

Remove the USB cable and see if any change in the symptoms

Computer is HP factory refurb just more than a year (380 days)

Was going to buy a PSU and see if it is the problem, but I live in a remote area with limited access to the post office or UPS.

Any suggestions on what I could check?

RESOLVED - NO MOTHERBOARD

AND I see that this problem came with others.

I had 8 sticks of memory and found that one of them was bad.

Strange thing is that in memory last questions always gave me a beep

start up. AND while that memory seemed ok on Ramtest

I took all the sticks and add them one at a time.

Only one of them would cause the machine to not start and loud snoring.

Works well with less memory of 2 GB. (Memory has been installed at the factory of HP - 380 days)

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