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 1JdA2c-0001kU-Fg for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:10:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 56254E0808; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:10:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.180]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 424E8E0808 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:10:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id w53so2485466pyg.25 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:10:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=3krEPacGRYuwSOeKR90wuYGQZJu6KPJK07N56kv9po4=; b=KktX6OoxEVVHd7LPFo1nagMZiJyT8ecRxoh3WYDl4QaA/DxlHP9MwM0DWJ2gLTvZvQ9swlAFxcTZ+3wBQNLRFoi4iaPP2WhPMWqqzENFeJsYXoeL9EkLmPK2fnqnHhjSVgJr1fTqxSgPTOFTkrjRdrq3lpn4JE5S1HwsdUPIKtU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=JokwmguOi37yJf7XE+JEoUGvImFL1E0ZyE4ZtzBaNpI5dan9fPPw+4KH4gxU0wOosjvfwPaO30S1BEEYnUbMlgtO3m21XwPnIcVyfguyqmSJFwfaAW0lx9YPnb+Li1gwJ8vbx4veqxS6EfdyoVwcnYKenBfIpnV4ugZQPkMGQB0= Received: by 10.114.135.1 with SMTP id i1mr8541566wad.115.1206216608330; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:10:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.39.8 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:10:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49bf44f10803221310h158ec676jd07d5f5df6d6be89@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:10:08 -0700 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Power supply or motherboard dead? In-Reply-To: <47E54A09.2010105@telus.net> 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: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10803190641pd78fc30kbdf3c3a9f8753b6@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f10803201529w404a2bffhb9c0f77eac3847be@mail.gmail.com> <642958cc0803212031p6ddfa573m395260cab4de0a8a@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f10803221005l18751300m145f7f630f404e94@mail.gmail.com> <47E54A09.2010105@telus.net> X-Archives-Salt: a215d037-aaf2-42e0-9546-cc01c6942713 X-Archives-Hash: 96761b2737f2d2fd9932de613b1577b9 > >>>> > A Gentoo desktop of mine won't turn on anymore. I was hoping it was > >>>> > the power supply but I've installed a new one which doesn't fix the > >>>> > problem. Is there a sure way to know if the motherboard needs > >>>> > replacement or if I have two dead power supplies? > >>>> > > As strange as this may sound, we had a server go down and we thought > psu/mb. it turned out to be the cmos battery. We replaced it (about four > years ago), the server has been flawless since. Different motherboards must exhibit different behavior with a bad CMOS battery. Another desktop of mine prints an error to the POST screen about its bad battery. There is a comment here from another owner of my MSI motherboard: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/127597/show_product_reviews "This is a great board too, except i got an error each boot-turns out the battery was dead, swapped it and it was ok" It sounds like my motherboard should still boot with a bad battery. - Grant > Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list