Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:17:16 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: "Tsu-Fan Cheng" <tfcheng@gmail.com>, "D G Teed" <donald.teed@gmail.com> Cc: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: hardware problem Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080225101436.025e44f8@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <f84c38580802250758v56c259behe4a855c9f49ea868@mail.gmail.co m> References: <f84c38580802250606n6edd4ee5p4da0239ec4155548@mail.gmail.com> <47C2D22F.6070609@pixelhammer.com> <dd4da0390802250722l21f784bdu754f41c41e1eb511@mail.gmail.com> <f84c38580802250758v56c259behe4a855c9f49ea868@mail.gmail.com>
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At 09:58 AM 2/25/2008, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:
>thank you all for helping. I will reinstall my main again from
>scratch. one thing i want to know is that if my m-board is short
>somewhere, does this mean my board is damaged? or it's okay if i can
>find out what is wrong, and so most likely i need to buy a power
>supply, is that right at the moment?? thans!!
>
>TFC
I would look for the short first. You may need to replace nothing. Be
sure to check the Motherboard case connectors to the switchs and LEDs as well.
-Derek
>On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:22 AM, D G Teed <donald.teed@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Every system I've seen with his description of the problem, where
> > the power supply can't even run it's own fan, is having a power supply
> > problem. Power supplies are very often low quality these days and can't
> > handle the stresses of typical electrical grid fluctuations. Most people
> > who deal with hardware have a spare power supply around just for
> > testing as this is a very common problem. Motherboards typically
> > do not stop power supply fans when they can't post.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:35 AM, DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > IMO, experience says the worst thing you can do to a computer is leave
> > > it sit a year running, and then move it.
> > >
> > > I would get a grounding wrist strap, open the case, remove all
> cards and
> > > memory, disconnect all hard drives, clean with a soft brush (never a
> > > vacuum cleaner), reseat all cards and memory, reconnect all hard
> drives,
> > > and then try to restart it.
> > >
> > > Even without a post code announcing a problem, I have fixed many
> "moved"
> > > PCs this way.
> > >
> > > DAve
> > >
> > > --
> > > Google finally, after 7 years, provided a logo for
> > > veterans. Thank you Google. What to do with my signature now?
> > >
> > >
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