From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 23 21:31:36 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 3CD271065674 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:31:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ruinermailchucker@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f172.google.com (mail-qy0-f172.google.com [209.85.221.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB708FC1C for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:31:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk2 with SMTP id 2so383896qyk.13 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:31:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:subject:from :reply-to:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id :mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; bh=stOXg6Vh8ME8bxViAfOpLUwfLKyIqg/EmljIyhQT8IM=; b=NnIHeM6K3xoeY90y2oMlij9bDycuHgZs1TFn3IyXyrT6Ppg2T4hxJz/bxuPfsxDEtz 5BYn/1Qw5yHM5EQ9DesoIDHJojmq/jlnGubjfNQwvFUrdgeu+cg+qc9C1oYgzB05rTcp vcurew3jIh8ClOIUm5RXteaZNzYItRwsD/15I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:reply-to:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type :date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=GcL3BCA60RE6CgKyOF2oKp/fYHrh0RKeO0xY0qyfv9Kqz0x9vgAD54jOzvy8AtiyeF oO3QD1sgJMoMThFTGYO8h87Mglx6isPHqhXdfA4b1ewn69jSjtC2NmqVr20GiL4aCXzl Q+tbD833nGO0gCp9rPxkzjBnCMiXzA/B6j5Gc= Received: by 10.229.222.8 with SMTP id ie8mr1449332qcb.16.1269379894555; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:31:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ruiner.mine.nu (173-16-22-10.client.mchsi.com [173.16.22.10]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 21sm5351176iwn.11.2010.03.23.14.31.31 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:31:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.250] (revenant [192.168.0.250]) by ruiner.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B0904D82B1; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:31:30 -0500 (CDT) From: Corey John Bukolt To: Frank Shute 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:31:53 -0500 Message-ID: <1269379913.48845.35.camel@ignis.bukolt.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Also have a dead box [ WAS: Re: OT: dead box ] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: 4096@gmx.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:31:36 -0000 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.