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On Wednesday 19 March 2008 8:41:52 am Grant wrote: |
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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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> - Grant |
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Quite possibly your cpu and/or cooling fan. To test this...pull your current |
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units out, hook-up a known good fan (without any cpu) and apply power. |
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If the fan spins, you've isolated your problem. |
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-jm |
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