[ale] Strange start-up problems

[Greg]

None with any visible damage/seepage of strange inner capacitor guts.

Good tip, though.  I had forgotten about the bad capacitor problem.

- Greg 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Brian
To: ale at ale.org
MacLeod
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:31 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Strange start-up problems

Take a hard look at the tops of all the capacitors on the motherboard.
  One of the power regulating ones may have been one of the cheap ones.
Some of the Dell machines we've had with bad caps have had similar behavior
to this.

bnm


On 1/23/07, Greg <runman at speedfactory.net> wrote:
> The other day my primary workstation went out for no reason.  I 
> methodically started pulling out cards until I got it to start again 
> with just a single drive (SATA) and the AGP video card in it.  It ran 
> for a short period of time (5 minutes) and went out.  Now when I plug 
> it in (with the power supply switch off) and turn on the power switch 
> the only thing that happens is the fans will turn for a few 
> revolutions, a red light on the motherboard will light up and power 
> will flow thru the mouse/keyboard to my KBM switch.  It is not making 
> it to POST nor are the fans starting.  Hitting the front power on 
> switch and the re-boot switch does nothing.  Sometimes the machine will
give out the familiar "beep" I have come to know and love and then ...
> nothing.   I have replaced the power cord and tried a different electrical
> socket but no joy.  I also made sure the connections from the case's 
> front power button to the mobo were ok (they were).  The power supply 
> is 550 watts and somewhat new.  It has an AccelerTech ARIMA HDAMC 
> motherboard (which is discontinued and rightly so as I RMA'd about 3 
> before this one).  The machine is my primary workstation so it's 
> pretty valuable to me and I would like to get it up as soon as possible.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on what could be the reason for the pc's 
> non-starting behaviour ?  Since I see a light on the mobo light up I
"think"
> the power supply is ok.  My first guess is a failed mobo, but when I 
> have had them go out I get nothing at all from them.
>
> If it's the motherboard does anyone have any recommendations on a dual 
> Opteron (246) motherboard ??  So far the only ones I have seen are Tyan's.
>
> Ideas, clues, and wild guesses appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg
>
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