On Tuesday, October 08, 2013 12:04:33 PM Chris Knadle wrote: > On Tuesday, October 08, 2013 11:37:18 Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > > I still say try re-wiring it outside the case making sure you isolate the > > MB. > > I don't like doing that. Motherboards are static sensitive, so I really > want to keep them mounted to the metal plate in the case if I have a > choice. If the backplate of the case is removable, then that's fine. > Occasionally I hear of people booting their motherboard on an antistatic > bag or on top of the box that the motherboard came in, but I generally try > not to do that.
I have a 22" x 22" 3M antistatic mat. It also came with a wristband which has a cord that attaches to the mat. Wristband had a cheap plastic part that broke, rendering it unusable. (I have another antistatic wristband however.) Nevertheless, I'm having second thoughts about removing the mobo from the case. We had a debate in an earlier MHVLUG thread about whether the mounting screws provide essential grounding. I think I might wait until customer service directs me to test with mobo outside of case. Thanks Thor for your explanation of errant mounting points. The troubleshooting section of the new mobo manual said make sure the mobo isn't shorting with the chassis. I didn't understand how that could occur. > > Mainly the thing to do is to try booting up the motherboard with the bare > minimum devices -- PSU, CPU + FAN, Memory, Videocard, Mouse, Keyboard -- > remove/disconnect everything else. OK. I removed my Maxtor IDE PCI adapter card so I have no HDD or optical drives installed. Bare minimum system. > > If this fails, then the next thing to try is "memory combinations" -- if > there are two sticks of RAM, try one stick in each of the slot positions, > then the other stick, and so on. Sometiems memory can fail and cause a > failure to POST. I don't why, but I've occasionally had memory stick(s) > fail spontaneously. I have two 4G sticks of Corsair RAM. The mobo has four RAM slots. Today I ran eight tests. Boot with one stick of RAM at a time in each of four slots. No luck. > Joe: I checked my speaker connection. The red lead is connected to the correct mobo header pin. > > -- > Chris Knadle > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Nov 6 - Security: Locking Your Doors > Dec 4 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware > Jan 8 - January Meeting _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Nov 6 - Security: Locking Your Doors Dec 4 - OpenFlow: Open Standard for Networking Hardware Jan 8 - January Meeting
