On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:23:34AM +0000, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > > Frank Shute wrote: > >Sorry if this is a bit off-topic. > > > >I came in the other day to find my workstation powered off. Hitting > >the power on button had no effect as did using another known working > >outlet. I checked all the cables and they seem attached. > > > >I thought my power supply must have died so I got another, screwed it > >in and again no joy - no sign of life. > > > >Anybody got any ideas what the problem may be? I'm thinking possibly > >the power on switch but that seems a long shot and there seems no easy > >way to replace it. > > > >My hardware: > > > >Antec Sonata case. > >Gigabyte board. > >Core 2 duo > > > >TIA, > > > >Regards, > > > > When you press the power button does the cpu fan or the power supply fan > spin for a moment then stop? That's a sign that something on or plugged > in to the motherboard has blown. Unplug things and test again. >
When I hit the power button I get nothing. None of the fans spin up and there's no sign of life. I'm beginning to think that I might be in for a new motherboard anyway :( Why do these things strike when you least need them? Damn Murphy and his stinking law! Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
