On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 3:30 PM Eric Oyen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Troubleshooting 101, if the board supports upgrading the firmware without the > CPU or other additional hardware installed and it won’t come up, it’s likely > either the firmware needs to be reset, or the board, itself, is bad. Both are > highly likely at this stage. > > If resetting the firmware doesn’t resolve the issue, that leaves it as a bad > motherboard. If you have some kind of warrantee on it, return it for an > exchange, refund or an upgrade. It's brand new so there's definitely a warranty, I'll just waiting to hear back from them now... > It’s funny when you think about it though. All of this technology that we > take for granted and all of it is exceedingly fragile. One little ESD in the > wrong spot, a drop off the desk or even sitting on it wrong and your tech > becomes a glorified paperweight. In my case, that can be problematic as some > of my tech deals specifically with blindness issues. > > Anyway, best way to tell if the motherboard is toast, take a look at any of > the tin can caps on there. If the top is bulged or looks like it has a pin > hole, it’s a bad cap and that can kill a motherboard faster than a laser > punching a hole through a sheet of paper. All the capacitors look good, there's no obvious damage to anything... Cheers Adam --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
