[LUNA] [OT] hardware question ....

[Hal]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 02:18:17PM -0453, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
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> .... I bought 2 mATX SuperMicro socket C32 boards for new builds. *Both* 
> refuse to POST/boot. Dead silence, no beeps, no fans whirring up, 
> *nada*. PSU checks out AOK w/ tester. Upon recommendation from 
> SuperMicro tech support, I removed mbd from case & hooked up just PSU 
> 24-pin, PSU 8-pin & CPU fan plug & shorted the power-on header. *Nada*. 
> Question: Can a bad CPU cause this ? I tried 2 different CPUs, same 
> story, but both were/are Ebay purchases, supposedly good, from reputable 
> sellers, but I haven't (& can't, AFAIK) tested  them by themselves .... 

If PSU voltages check OK have you thought about getting one of those test
PCI boards that has LED failure codes?? Good luck.. Presuming a PCI slot of
course. :^)..

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