Re: [Nolug] System died with a pop

On Sunday August 21 2005 13:24, John D. Tiedeman spake:
> After several days of running without a problem, my other system, with
> new mobo, CPU and memory, emitted a pop (as if there had been a short)
> about a second after I turned it on. When I turn it on now I hear
> nothing but the fans and see nothing but a few flashes on the CD-ROM
> light (and the fans turning if I use a flashlight). There seems to be no
> visible evidence of a short and the monitor says it's in power save mode
> and to use the PC to activate for about 30 sec., then goes dark. How can
> I diagnose what is wrong?

Something blew up. Either in the power supply or on the board, but something
blew. It might be a fuse, or an actual component.

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
http://joeykelly.net
"I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous."
 --- David Bradley, the IBM employee that invented CTRL-ALT-DEL

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