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Am Dienstag, 28. August 2012, 22:57:43 schrieb Alex Schuster: |
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> I wrote: |
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> > Well, all I can do now is to get a new board and see if things will be |
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> > okay then. |
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> This took longer than expected. The board I wanted (the same I already |
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> have) was not available, I had to order it. Strange, there is only one |
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> that has the features I want - AMD3+ chipset, four memory banks, USB 3, |
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> and on-board graphics. |
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> So I had to wait. And when it became available, I wondered if it might |
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> be the processor instead that has the problem, so I let the PC shop |
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> diagnose CPU and board. This took until today, and they confirmed it was |
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> the board indeed, not the CPU. Fine, I bought the board, installed it in |
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> the PC, and guess what - it doesn't work. On the first boot I saw some |
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> BIOS status messages, hard drives and such, but the keyboard did not |
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> react, and then it did not boot, I got a black screen only. And on |
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> subsequent tries, with everything (2 ISDN cards, 4 hard drives) except |
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> for the DVD drive removed, the screen does not even turn on. All fans |
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> spin, and the DVD-ROM tray opens when I press the eject button. That's |
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> all. No keyboard LEDs. |
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> This sucks. Is it a faulty board again? Is something (the PSU?) killing |
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> the board once I turn the thing on? What will happen when I have the |
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> next board and try again? Argh. |
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so - instead of changing the PSU, the obvious culprit, you got a new board AND |
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USED THE SAME PSU? |
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I am just saying - one faulty PSU fried three of my boards. Enermax... will |
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never buy again. |
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The fans spin, so not all hope is lost. Keyboard, ps/2? usb? |
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But before you do anything else, change the PSU. |
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