Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:01:17 -0400 From: Alejandro Imass <ait@p2ee.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: dead box Message-ID: <a14066a01003210601k24e635ces29545f46580ecae8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100321101137.GA8202@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20100321101137.GA8202@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> 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. > I had this happen recently (BTW it was FBSD server ;-) )! I took _everything_ appart, and then assembled it little by little checking at each step. Incredibly it just workd after reseating the CPU, RAM, and re-connecting every single component. Also, I swapped components with a similar machine for testing which will help you test the components on a known-working machine. Good luck, Alejandro Imass > My hardware: > > Antec Sonata case. > Gigabyte board. > Core 2 duo > > TIA, > > Regards, > > -- > > =A0Frank > > > =A0Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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