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i've switched ps nothing happens when i power. I'll be stripping the
machine and testing all the components in another one here at work. As
far as i can tell the mb is shot now. My main question was is there a
way to track down which component caused the problem. I know the ps and
the mb are toast. is this just another chicken and the egg. problem. ?
N-Tropy
On Wed, 3 May 2000, marc wrote:
> If the MB uses jumpers to set speed and voltage set them to the correct
> settings. If that doesn't help use an ISA video card and use the minimum
> amount of RAM. If the machine does not POST swap the power supply. If no
> POST and the video is good then bad CPU or bad MB or bad RAM. Process of
> elimination. If it starts to work start adding components until it fails.
> I have experienced the same thing when a proc fan failed.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net
> [mailto:plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net]On Behalf Of vkenny
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 11:46 AM
> To: tech@neverlight.com; geeks@quarterleaf.com; plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> Subject: [PLUG] System Crash
>
>
> First My apologies to those recieving this in duplicate and triplicate,
> my apologies
> Second, to the PLUG list, this is not exactly a Linux question, but i'm
> desperate...
>
> Last night at 10:15, my system frose, no ping nada..
> surprising, but no big deal, just reboot, wait through the tests,
> fortunately all was well
> this morning when I went to polish off sme work I had done, the thing
> froze again, now I was worried..again dead..
> reboot again..and nothing..
>
> Hardware in question
> ASUS P2L97 MoBo
> PII 300 overclocked to 337 Mhz runs at 92 deg. F.
> 150 Mb SDRAM
> Adaptec 2940 U SCSI adapter
> seagate drives 2 barracudas, 1 hawk. the hawk is in an external
> array
> Diamond V550 Video card AGP
> no, I have not hot plugged the keyboard..
> I think thats all of the pertinent hardware
>
> Symptoms..
> on boot the screen is black, no POST, nothing, not a flicker
> the fans kick in, and the drices spin, including the array.
> the light on the 2940 comes on steady
> no floppy twitch for boot..
> CDRoms flicker then stop
> the drives attempt to boot based on the sound they are making, then stop
> after about 15 seconds
> the light for the 2940 never budges, steady on
> that's it.
>
> What I've done..
> pulled the drives and dusted them all, making sure there was no
> particles on the connections or chips
> pulled the RAM and CPU and dusted
> dusted the MoBo
> Pulled the cards and dusted slots and cards
> ckecked all wires and ribbon cables for wear, all are intact
> obviously reconnected everything
>
> suggestions?
> This is my primary work system, with all of my work, and backups, email,
> everything..basically, I'm F*ed without it.
>
> I did notice that on one of the smaller (really descriptive, ain't it?)
> chips on the MoBo had whitish deposits, almost like calcium buildup
> which came off easily.
> BTW, I *never* dust with compressed air, I always use a grounded camel's
> hair brush, so there's no concerns with a particle imbedded under a chip
> or in a slot..
>
> Thanks Folks.
> Vale
>
>
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