From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 25 14:06:23 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 87A8016A408 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:06:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tfcheng@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2111913C46A for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:06:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tfcheng@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id y2so874571uge.37 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:06:21 -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:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=XqksWiKB1bx/twHnGYgS2Me1ITv57xID8hiExjEZcck=; b=pBmj/HXRuEPA4qSkUThHyP7O/0qxBVPFP+b9BJ3VYu5x6JSnsWuRwGDK19dECdggYyAMLPB1qO9is8OWGJglDH9962ebsG6TZoggDTKVF8wAk/IuVZFdfy5rncoVYCjMkQd3clzdkkjGBciaZwzlcEF5eziFJhTXl9lMLOovgO4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=RpNA23tBHw+tvddeffvtbZCaEI8mhHxIbFEyK1p5ZfWritS/od6arlyd27QhmFvCRvP1plMKzW6MZOa1bMZDUOk77WWfKsX1w20RDnFTmUmW0MkzD2ksHsnhGi+2PnAzMdUNZ2eU5llDKgqGeyTW1GjOatbFd/nWOhGLgVm8CYA= Received: by 10.142.229.4 with SMTP id b4mr2259823wfh.125.1203948378690; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:06:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.143.173.2 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:06:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:06:18 -0500 From: "Tsu-Fan Cheng" To: "FreeBSD Questions" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: 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: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:06:23 -0000 Hi guys, this is really not about freebsd per sa. But this is the only computer-related forum I use. so please forgive me. my desktop was relocated due to my recent moving to a new apartment. After settling down at the new place, I plug in the cables and the computer won't start up. I open the case and found out that when i switched on the power supply from the back, the power fan and cpu fan will spin for a split second then stop. I tried to debug by unplugging the cables, when doing so, sometimes the fans will spin for 10 seconds, maybe, but most of the time, it just stopped right after the power switched on. I also try to hold down the start button on the front for a while, but no good. I was told the mother board maybe short-circuit. can anyone give a second opinion?? thanks!! TFC