Are intermittent "power on" problems more often PSU or mobo, or ???

redgtxdi

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System is an HP P4 system. Plug PSU in, hit power button and dash light flickers for a split second, the nothing. Won't power back up again until PSU killswitch is switched off or unplugged/replugged and sometimes has to be done a couple times before it catches.

After it's up & running, power is fine, but whether soft-off, hard-off or whatever.....it definitely wants to do it most of the time.

Trying to figure out if I should go out & buy a PSU to play with (if this HP would even use a regular ATX PSU) or if it's possible mobo & no bueno.

??

TIA