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

[William A. Mahaffey III]

On 04/16/15 16:48, Paul Hosler wrote:
> 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 ;-) ....
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>          William A. Mahaffey III
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No RAM on board for the test, was listening for the 5-short-1-long beep 
code for bad RAM ....

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	William A. Mahaffey III

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	"The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war
	 ever devised by man."
                            -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.