From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 26 18:50:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21E021065675 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:50:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from donald.teed@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAA1213C458 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:50:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from donald.teed@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 25so1684012wfa.7 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:50:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=+3F8D0P1UP05JMeLBWv1prh5GZfjjyLekFc8EQibSt0=; b=bgDuKpEDmCbkjWR8DuhS7+0bvFeVScaWIuILmP+eSv/2Y6/gwNmD00aXMg/6Fkk3jEVjNcKuq2EE+Biuj4HYKSeIKdq4YGGg8vDURn+d+STGup40ULv3Tckewhk32N6t1qJbRIz3o8PyOLkfFBiGj4r9dMPE90VrnusNS52ETGQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=TVCosqoujRIHyiIIXa+ThJ6Ppe24HPaJVY058Y16EiKQiGgGM82G64injBIETl7uTz8CujtdMFgY0m1CdwYO0+Axpx44bll8qCytnb1/mynBBbAQ8kLDZ+bkw0KkIBirlyObdBKA9aO8tgoMdPjknZD9d6+GdSpTAcVBPH8yjDc= Received: by 10.142.230.11 with SMTP id c11mr4137656wfh.26.1204051833996; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:50:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.226.21 with HTTP; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:50:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:50:33 -0400 From: "D G Teed" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1203993920.4021.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <6.0.0.22.2.20080225090234.025e4bb0@mail.computinginnovations.com> <47C362EE.1020706@onetel.com> <1203993920.4021.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: hardware problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:50:35 -0000 On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Da Rock wrote: > On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 20:38 -0500, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > > hi guys, > > just take every part out and dust with a brush, reseat the m-board > > and hook on the power supply, switch on the power and both fans spin > > for quite a while, seeing this, I switch it off and start to connect > > all the cables. After all is done, i turn on the power again, and this > > time it stop again after a short spin. and I looked everywhere on the > > board and found some silverish dust on the board, i dust it away, but > > this time, the fans and the LED light on the board never spin or lit > > up when i switch it on, i wonder if something i did kill the power > > this time, any idea?? thank you for your help. > > > > TFC > > > > Looks like that little bit of dust was making the system still seem like > its alive. I'd say its well and truely dead now- what do you reckon > guys? > > New M/B and CPU... You are suggesting to replace the MB and CPU? By the same logic, if a light bulb burns out, replace the wiring in your house. That is inappropriate. Power supplies burn out all the time. Replace the power supply. The big clue is when the power supply can't spin it's own fan. Has nothing to do with the rest of the system. --Donald