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> >>>> > A Gentoo desktop of mine won't turn on anymore. I was hoping it was |
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> >>>> > the power supply but I've installed a new one which doesn't fix the |
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> >>>> > problem. Is there a sure way to know if the motherboard needs |
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> >>>> > replacement or if I have two dead power supplies? |
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> As strange as this may sound, we had a server go down and we thought |
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> psu/mb. it turned out to be the cmos battery. We replaced it (about four |
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> years ago), the server has been flawless since. |
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Different motherboards must exhibit different behavior with a bad CMOS |
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battery. Another desktop of mine prints an error to the POST screen |
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about its bad battery. There is a comment here from another owner of |
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my MSI motherboard: |
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http://www.ebuyer.com/product/127597/show_product_reviews |
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"This is a great board too, except i got an error each boot-turns out |
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the battery was dead, swapped it and it was ok" |
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It sounds like my motherboard should still boot with a bad battery. |
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- Grant |
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> Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO) |
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