Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:31:53 -0500 From: Corey John Bukolt <ruinermailchucker@gmail.com> To: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Also have a dead box [ WAS: Re: OT: dead box ] Message-ID: <1269379913.48845.35.camel@ignis.bukolt.lan> In-Reply-To: <20100323103814.GA27023@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20100321101137.GA8202@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4BA601B6.1050807@onetel.com> <1269327949.3708.75.camel@redwood.bukolt.lan> <20100323103814.GA27023@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 10:38 +0000, Frank Shute wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 02:05:49AM -0500, Corey John Bukolt wrote: > > > > On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:23:34 +0000 (06:23 CDT) Chris Whitehouse wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > > Chris > > > > Just a few days ago, I was helping a friend build a system (with all > > brand new components, I might add) and we had this very problem. After > > sticking in the CPU and RAM and hooking up and turning on the PSU, the > > green LED on the motherboard turns on. However, the second the power > > button is pressed, everything flashes for a second, then turns back off. > > The green LED on the motherboard also remains on. The only way to get > > it to flash again is to turn off the PSU, wait, then turn it back on. > > We tried re-seating everything, to no avail. > > > > Reading this thread, someone else mentioned beep codes and that if there > > were none, it's most likely a fried motherboard. > > > > Can anyone else confirm this? > > > > Did you have a monitor attached? Anything posted to the screen? > We did have a monitor attached, only the system stays running for less then a second, not even enough time for the monitor to turn on. > My nephew had similar symptoms and it was because his heatsink on his > CPU wasn't seated properly. > > The system would boot like yours but then die. He managed to catch on > the screen a message like "CPU temp exceeded" which clued him in. > > BTW, your "Reply to:" is different from your "From:" which is > confusing. > "From:" is the address for automated emails from my mailserver and relaying my personal email (I have a dynamic IP). I don't want any automated emails directly attached to my personal address in the "Reply To:", hence multiple accounts. I blindly assumed that clients/people would just use "Reply To:" and ignore "From:" but I can see that's not the case. I'll have to fix that so that there is only one address. Apologies for the confusion.
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