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.
Ben Klein 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.
Sure. Send me a newegg link and an address.
~Nate
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:
* Last time working, newly-plugged-in USB devices were not functioning. USB mouse was fine (plugged in from boot, no legacy mouse in BIOS), no other USB device functioned correctly (one card reader not detected at all, another only detected with first of four slots accessible). * System believed to have shut down normally from last working state, but cannot confirm this. * Main issue: press power button; nothing happens. * Power supply LED on old motherboard was active (indicating PSU giving power to motherboard). New motherboard does not have this LED. * Tested with another system's power button, no difference. * Tested with another system's PSU, no difference. * Suspected mobo issue due to USB problems. Tried new mobo (above), no difference.
So now I suspect the CPU (Phenom x4 945, IIRC). The RAM (4x 2GB DDR2-800) is the only other device I haven't changed or unplugged.
If my (new) suspicion is right: Pro: I'd have to get a Phenom II to replace it (don't even mention Semprons!), meaning more cache and faster processing, and having the option of going X6. Con: I CAN HAS TEH CASH PLZ? I can't afford a comparable CPU (AUD$161 for Phenom II x4 945), especially after buying the new motherboard (which I don't particularly want to return; it's narrower than my old one and has features that better suit me).
Remind me to send a letter to AMD thanking them for putting DDR2 controllers in their AM3 CPUs.
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.
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Nate Gallaher