[TriLUG] More hardware woes

[Andrew Perrin]

Oh don't worry! I certainly plan to replace the MB, since it's under
warranty anyway. The question is whether the power supply could be the
culprit, given the timing of the failure. I've asked intrex, and they're
happy to test out the PS for me before I set it loose on the new MB.

ap

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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Jim Ray wrote:

> don't screw around with board level work on a motherboard.  all that
> stuff is surface mount ultra dinky need-a-microscope-to-see-it wizardry.
> exchange motherboards, power supplies or whatever until it works.
>
> hth,
>
> /jim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Thompson [mailto:thompson at easternrad.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 3:04 PM
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] More hardware woes
> >
> >
> > Is it a transistor or maybe a small power regulator that
> > melted?  Either
> > way, I'd be weary of the new power supply.  It might be defective.  I
> > haven't seen this very often, but it does happen once in a while.  ;)
> > I'm not sure how to test the power supply out of circuit, IIRC those
> > switching power supplies need a load to operate, so just
> > testing with a
> > multimeter will not give you accurate readings.  Maybe someone else on
> > the list knows a way to do this.
> >
> > I would also check to make sure that there isn't anything
> > that can short
> > any of the components on the board.
> >
> > Then again, whatever damaged the first power supply may have also
> > damaged, shorted or weakened components on your motherboard, causing
> > additional damage after applying a fresh new power source.
> >
> > Just a few ideas,
> >
> > --mike  :)
> >
> > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 11:02:29AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> > > > OK - so I put in the new power supply, along with a new
> > fan I had been
> > > > waiting to install, and turned it on. Everything came up
> > beautifully - the
> > > > system started doing an fsck because it had been poorly
> > brought down when
> > > > the power supply died.
> > > >
> > > > Suddenly... nothing. Screen died, fans and drives stayed
> > on, no keyboard
> > > > LED's.  I smell burning plastic.  Yank the power cable,
> > open up the case,
> > > > and now I can turn it on to the point of getting fans and
> > drives to spin
> > > > up, and power LED's on, but no video and no system beeps.
> >  Furthermore,
> > > > there's a transistor that's visibly melted on the
> > motherboard. (Yikes!)
> > > >
> > > > The MB is under warranty, so I'm going to get it
> > replaced. My question for
> > > > y'all is: can you think of something I might have done to
> > cause this? I'd
> > > > rather not plop in the new MB, just to have it melt again.
> > > >
> > > > The MB was installed in November, it's a Gigabyte GA-7VAX.
> > > >
> > > > ap
> > > >
> >
> >
>
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