Derek Ragona wrote:
At 08:06 AM 2/25/2008, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:
Hi guys,
this is really not about freebsd per sa. But this is the only
computer-related forum I use. so please forgive me.
my desktop was relocated due to my recent moving to a new
apartment. After settling down at the new place, I plug in the cables
and the computer won't start up. I open the case and found out that
when i switched on the power supply from the back, the power fan and
cpu fan will spin for a split second then stop. I tried to debug by
unplugging the cables, when doing so, sometimes the fans will spin for
10 seconds, maybe, but most of the time, it just stopped right after
the power switched on. I also try to hold down the start button on the
front for a while, but no good. I was told the mother board maybe
short-circuit. can anyone give a second opinion?? thanks!!
TFC
It sounds like you have something shorting out the motherboard. I would
remove everything you can, all add-on cards etc. Just leave a video
card, unless video is on the motherboard. I would disconnect all the
drives too. The idea is to remove everything, so you can check just the
motherboard alone. If the motherboard still won't power on, remove and
reseat the RAM. If it still won't power up, remove and re-seat the CPU.
I would guess something inside the case was moved around enough in your
move to cause the short.
-Derek
Agree. The symptoms, fans starting and almost immediately stopping, say
the power supply is starting, detecting a short and shutting down. If
the video card is AGP double check it is properly seated, I've had that
same result several times particularly with AGP cards lifting very
slightly at the inboard end.
Chris
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