From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 27 10:59:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 084B7106566C for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:59:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C078A8FC2B for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:59:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JTtHG-00046W-PF; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:26:58 +0000 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id m1Q6QwOi017219; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:26:58 GMT Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E32FEFCA4B3; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:26:52 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:26:52 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Tsu-Fan Cheng Message-ID: <20080226062652.GA37828@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <6.0.0.22.2.20080225090234.025e4bb0@mail.computinginnovations.com> <47C362EE.1020706@onetel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:26:58 +0000 (GMT) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: hardware problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:59:02 -0000 On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 08:38:09PM -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 > Having been round the houses with my new build which displayed similar problems, I would say that what is most likely is that it is a power supply problem. There was a shaky attachment somewhere which loosened when you moved and finally gave up the ghost. Your best approach, is to get a new power supply or case with power supply depending on how old your case is. If that doesn't work, then it's probably your motherboard and unless your CPU is quite new and you can extract it, you'll probably be looking at new CPU and RAM also ie. expensive. If you want to get a new case, then have a look at an Antec Sonata III. It's quiet, comes with all the bits you need and has USB ports and e-SATA on the front. Cost me about 75GBP. 500W power supply which is a bit excessive for my needs though. Best of luck! -- Frank Contact info: http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/misc/contact.html