[mythtv-users] OT: Boot Failure

[Robin Hill]

On Fri Feb 24, 2006 at 12:14:09PM -0600, Mercury Morris wrote:

> One of our MythTV systems has died, and will not now boot.
> I'll give some details and ask for opinions and/or guesses
> as to which component is the most likely to have failed.
> 
> Power-On/Boot
> 
> At power-on, there is no beep, but the "ASUS motherboard"
> screen appears on the monitor.  Pressing DEL to enter the
> BIOS Setup does nothing.  Inserting the FC3 DVD and powering on
> does the same thing (nothing).
> 
> The Question
> 
> Which component is the most likely to have failed?  Motherboard,
> AMD Athlon64 4000+ processor, memory, or other?
> 
> Any thoughts, ideas, or similar experiences will be greatly appreciated.
> 
I'd say it's either the CPU or motherboard - I don't think the memory
would affect it at that stage (systems will usually get to the POST
stage even without RAM installed).  My guess would be the motherboard,
though that could have killed off the CPU as well.

HTH,
        Robin
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