[ale] Have a hardware question on no POST

[Jim Kinney]

On Oct 21, 2014 2:05 PM, "Boris Borisov" <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I always used to start with barebone MB and PS. And then add components
one by one. You need speaker plugged for error beeps.

Ah. Yes. My systems are mostly servers and they have a post code piezo
beeper and or display. Some desktop mobos do as well. So plug in a speaker.
>
>
> On Tuesday, October 21, 2014, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>>
>> Some MBs won't POST without RAM installed. Got burn on a ... Gigabyte MB
with
>> that. Sounds like you've got it installed tho.
>>
>> On 10/21/2014 10:20 AM, Jim Lynch wrote:
>> > My wife's computer, one I repurposed a few months back, "exploded" to
hear her
>> > tell it.  I'm guessing a cap exploded.  The PS was shot and that was
confirmed
>> > by a local PC shop.  I bought a new one and installed it.  Nothing
happened, so
>> > I figured the motherboard took a spike also.  I ordered a new
motherboard, cpu
>> > and memory and installed it.  As my normal procedure, I didn't plug
the graphics
>> > card in, since it had onboard video.  I did plug the DVD player and
the front
>> > panel connections.
>> >
>> > After pushing the power button on the front panel, the fans come on,
the lights
>> > light but no output on the monitor.  No POST.
>> >
>> > Other than purchasing another cpu and replacing the cpu and then if
that didn't
>> > fix it replace the motherboard and if that didn't fix it.  Kick my
self for
>> > spending more for bad parts than I could have bought a good refurb'ed
unit.
>> >
>> > So any suggestions of what I might try without spending any more
money?  This is
>> > a Linux only box.  I've weaned her off of M$.
>> >
>> > Jim.
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