[mythtv-users] OT: Need help diagnosing backend hardware failure

[Robert Denier]

Disconnect all your drives, external peripherals and cards except for video 
and see what happens.

If it stays on then perhaps your problem is in the half you disconnected and 
so forth..

Of course I've disconnected things and had something mysteriously start 
working only to plug them back in and still have everything working...

Don't forget to reseat your memory at some point.  I suggest using one known 
good piece at some point as well..

-Robert

On Friday 18 November 2005 09:47 am, Darren Richards wrote:
> Sorry for the OT post, but my wife will be missing Gilmore Girls
> today, so apparently this is an emergency.  My backend machine decided
> to shut itself off sometime during the night last night.  Strangely,
> the power light was still on, but the computer was off.  I reset the
> PSU switch in back, and turned the computer back on.  After 15 seconds
> or so, it shut itself off again.  This time the power light was
> blinking.  I tried again, and this time it only made it 3 or 4 seconds
> before shutting off.
>
> My first thought was that I have a bad power supply.  But with the
> blinking light, I thought perhaps something was telling the PSU to
> shut down.  I checked the CPU heatsink and fan, and everything seems
> to be working.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.  I figure I'll probably
> cannibalize another machine and start swapping parts out until it
> boots...
>
> thanks,
> darren
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