On 26 June 2010 17:13, Ben Klein shacklein@gmail.com wrote:
On 25 June 2010 15:17, Ben Klein shacklein@gmail.com wrote:
Unless someone wants to donate an AM2/DDR2 motherboard to me, someone is going to have to take over the packaging of Debian Stable, Testing and Unstable packages.
Good news: I got a motherboard that is made of 120% concentrated awesome: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3313
Bad news: My desktop is still not powering up. No flickering lights or fans spinning (not even in the PSU). Maybe someone can help diagnose this for me:
OK, let's try again.
Good news: It *is* actually the PSU that's the problem. I'm not sure why this didn't come up in my earlier diagnosis, but after testing the both the old and new motherboards with just the known good PSU plugged in and a screwdriver to the power switch pins, then switching over to the suspect PSU, the results are 99% indicative of a dead PSU (the remaining 1% is the LED on the old motherboard, so power is getting through along *some* wire).
Bad news: wasted time/money. Although I do like the new motherboard enough to keep it.
For reference: if the PSU fan doesn't spin (and any other fans connected to the PSU directly), it is most certainly a dead mobo or dead PSU.
For those people who offered me help (Nate accidentally replied-to-all, the rest of you know who you are), I cannot thank you enough even just for the offer. I can't in good conscious ask for help with paying for my new PSU as I'm now surplus one motherboard, the cost of which would likely cover a suitable PSU. I'll manage somehow.