From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 21 13:21:39 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3592B1065688 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:21:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jeays@rogers.com) Received: from smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.83]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E65B28FC26 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:21:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 15037 invoked from network); 21 Mar 2010 13:21:38 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:From:To:Subject:Date:User-Agent:References:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Disposition:Message-Id; b=enf/CMTbtuHN9/rPEhBTobBFxtXTpuGulVsZvOGW4vo0N55H4otip3wC2go5BckvJLz4iAHpJ1XlkwAfQVB7aJxRs1DaErRvx4n8PkWHqTY6aBZvilQjCJyHZNd2C4ab/lh0GbXqxVPnzBgF0nSJgeOrkXkLo/MAlNSgYt0OQhk= ; Received: from napoleon.localnet (mike.jeays@99.224.61.141 with plain) by smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Mar 2010 06:21:38 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: N82WFx6swBBjwcHWPFR2CGt6udzA8RPrA.xm0enFFXaK2g-- X-YMail-OSG: EHRpiG0VM1nXpzzcHrGsPyZRHe.kvUuqrm5Ty1.ZS3KazUAE62GgqXShK2SrkfBQtA-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: Mike Jeays To: Chris Whitehouse , FreeBSD Questions Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:21:34 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.2 (Linux/2.6.28-15-generic; KDE/4.2.2; i686; ; ) References: <20100321101137.GA8202@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4BA601B6.1050807@onetel.com> <20100321122415.GA8495@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100321122415.GA8495@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201003210921.35408.mike.jeays@rogers.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: OT: dead box 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: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:21:39 -0000 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.