After all that you have done, you should probably look at the CPU. They do fail, although not often.
Hal On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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