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

[Paul Hosler]

Bad memory stick can do it too.

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 2:11 PM, William A. Mahaffey III <wam at hiwaay.net>
wrote:

>
>
> .... 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 .... TIA & have a good one.
>
>
> BTW, the boxen will both be running either Linux or NetBSD, just to make
> it sorta near topic ;-) ....
>
>
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>
>         William A. Mahaffey III
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