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

[Chris Trown]

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...
> 

      If you have a power supply handy, try that first.  I think it's 
the most likely culprit.

      Reseat everything.  Though the MOBO usually beeps at you if the 
video card or Memory is toast.

      Start with the simplest, most likely solution, then go from there.

Chris...


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