From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34FB1138010 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:30:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D5C5E0539; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:30:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f53.google.com (mail-pz0-f53.google.com [209.85.210.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDA1BE030B for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:28:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dadg9 with SMTP id g9so4282741dad.40 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:28:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=WzMamjj58bbDnACsfCiQoykJUAcC4ZdIF7jb/qn4/eQ=; b=IOPUMKbKTzaZiSEtMgANMvGawswwlm6kT+NRUen2KGQSNZ2kflshK/dzMhg3bk4sXZ asWPirNIR1LzHXEA+kAESMYiedEf+UtHawx12RRvB4XBdL8bGf0xyvXIT0W/nqc/8k1Z Yp/IS0qSG5prCfDhwVE/JGXt/X8Owv4IkQoIzaR7EtVs3FUCwroWjCQPPpYoCZh7Vmo/ S5Tq/r2CHW2ejWGIyDKeE8nZn+LVfcwKAvFziGKXR6KXCuFd2XgNLa50Dd9JPXPA45oC TsFJIwLtE7M2/PH0XYOMgvXMjNC1SE+K8cQugLhu47WvKVvsl0xuQHqApafPOyrKytCv 5lWQ== Received: by 10.66.72.130 with SMTP id d2mr31663689pav.59.1346189315911; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:28:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([174.134.109.226]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ka4sm17761957pbc.61.2012.08.28.14.28.34 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:28:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <503CD478.9080609@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:23:52 -0700 From: Edward M User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120717 Thunderbird/14.0 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] My PC died. What should I try? References: <502DF7D0.8010200@wonkology.org> <3485581.aiICU322tR@energy> <502E8A72.3090600@wonkology.org> <502E9E84.4060500@wonkology.org> <503D30C7.1000209@wonkology.org> In-Reply-To: <503D30C7.1000209@wonkology.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b65d7470-d046-4766-b944-883e51657057 X-Archives-Hash: 6f98a58977fd4e1d232d801b470839d5 On 08/28/2012 01:57 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: > So I had to wait. And when it became available, I wondered if it might > be the processor instead that has the problem, so I let the PC shop > diagnose CPU and board. This took until today, and they confirmed it > was the board indeed, not the CPU. Fine, I bought the board, installed > it in the PC, and guess what - it doesn't work. On the first boot I > saw some BIOS status messages, hard drives and such, but the keyboard > did not react, and then it did not boot, I got a black screen only. > And on subsequent tries, with everything (2 ISDN cards, 4 hard drives) > except for the DVD drive removed, the screen does not even turn on. > All fans spin, and the DVD-ROM tray opens when I press the eject > button. That's all. No keyboard LEDs. > > This sucks. Is it a faulty board again? Is something (the PSU?) > killing the board once I turn the thing on? What will happen when I > have the next board and try again? Argh. Hello, I would suggest check the psu connector plugs with a multimeter to find out if it is working properly? http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/ht/power-supply-test-multimeter.htm And if the motherboard is somehow shorting out inside the case http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/307187-30-motherboard-shorting-case