From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JckdL-0004GE-LH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:02:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F177CE0662; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:02:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from usea-naimss1.unisys.com (usea-naimss1.unisys.com [192.61.61.103]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C24BAE0662 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:02:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from usea-nagw1.na.uis.unisys.com ([129.224.72.16]) by usea-naimss1 with InterScan Message Security Suite; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:00:30 -0500 Received: from usea-nagw1.na.uis.unisys.com ([129.224.72.51]) by usea-nagw1.na.uis.unisys.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:58:16 -0500 Received: from usea-exch5.na.uis.unisys.com ([129.224.72.48]) by usea-nagw1.na.uis.unisys.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:58:16 -0500 Received: from USEA-EXCH3.na.uis.unisys.com ([129.224.72.39]) by usea-exch5.na.uis.unisys.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:58:16 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] {OT} Power supply or motherboard dead? Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:57:39 -0500 Message-ID: <32F9A50E9B2B5A4AA062A602121DD4F008DD85DA@USEA-EXCH3.na.uis.unisys.com> In-Reply-To: <6A1F4D5B-6855-4411-81A2-E3F972129846@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [gentoo-user] {OT} Power supply or motherboard dead? Thread-Index: AciLCswFAkkIlfITS8yoYMlP5zH3TwAaWUnA References: <49bf44f10803190641pd78fc30kbdf3c3a9f8753b6@mail.gmail.com> <32F9A50E9B2B5A4AA062A602121DD4F008DA96D5@USEA-EXCH3.na.uis.unisys.com> <6A1F4D5B-6855-4411-81A2-E3F972129846@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> From: "Marzan, Richard non Unisys" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Mar 2008 16:58:16.0433 (UTC) FILETIME=[C1D29610:01C88B74] X-Archives-Salt: 9c4407ef-7abd-4c03-b84d-e88b8c021930 X-Archives-Hash: 010c568634fb1d960c1d3afcdbcae04a You're absolutely right. The correct way of testing it for voltage is to = plug a power connector to a device such as a disk drive/Mobo and then to = insert the apparatus behind the connector while plugged. =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Stroller [mailto:stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 12:18 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Power supply or motherboard dead? >=20 >=20 > On 20 Mar 2008, at 19:42, Marzan, Richard non Unisys wrote: >=20 > > Get a volt meter and measure the voltage. Red is 5+ volts yellow is > > 12+ > > volts; if you're getting less than that or way too much than those > > values then the component needs to be replaced. >=20 > I believe that the PSU has to be under load for the voltage to test > correctly. >=20 > You can get testers for ATX PSUs for about =A320, I noticed recently, > and a search suggests they're much cheaper on eBay (see items > 190207549145, 280209639310) >=20 > > Try also swapping the > > memory modules out one by one; interchanging them and see if that > > makes > > it boot up. Some, not all, BIOS programs need some ram to boot the > > machine. >=20 > Grant, >=20 > It's not clear from your other posts whether you've tried this. If > I'm testing a motherboard I _always_ want to have RAM in it - testing > without doesn't prove anything (to my satisfaction). >=20 > > It could also be a broken power switch. If that is the case, > > try to ground the pwr pin to a grnd(black) pin with a flat head = screw > > driver on the MB. >=20 > Forgot to mention this in my previous post - this is usually one of > the first things I try, because it's so easy to do. >=20 > Stroller. > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list