Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:21:34 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <mike.jeays@rogers.com> To: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: dead box Message-ID: <201003210921.35408.mike.jeays@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <20100321122415.GA8495@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20100321101137.GA8202@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4BA601B6.1050807@onetel.com> <20100321122415.GA8495@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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On March 21, 2010 08:24:15 am Frank Shute wrote: > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:23:34AM +0000, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > > Frank Shute wrote: > > >Sorry if this is a bit off-topic. > > > > > >I came in the other day to find my workstation powered off. Hitting > > >the power on button had no effect as did using another known working > > >outlet. I checked all the cables and they seem attached. > > > > > >I thought my power supply must have died so I got another, screwed it > > >in and again no joy - no sign of life. > > > > > >Anybody got any ideas what the problem may be? I'm thinking possibly > > >the power on switch but that seems a long shot and there seems no easy > > >way to replace it. > > > > > >My hardware: > > > > > >Antec Sonata case. > > >Gigabyte board. > > >Core 2 duo > > > > > >TIA, > > > > > >Regards, > > > > When you press the power button does the cpu fan or the power supply fan > > spin for a moment then stop? That's a sign that something on or plugged > > in to the motherboard has blown. Unplug things and test again. > > When I hit the power button I get nothing. None of the fans spin up > and there's no sign of life. > > I'm beginning to think that I might be in for a new motherboard anyway :( > > Why do these things strike when you least need them? Damn Murphy and > his stinking law! > > > Regards, It sounds more like a dead power supply to me, if there is no sign of any activity at all.
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