Hi Alvar, I’ve visually inspected the board and the caps all look good. In fact the board, living as it has in a soekris case looks brand new. Apparently ‘no fan’ == ‘no dust’. So I’m going to rule failed cap.
I think it’s more likely the BIOS/firmware is toast. It’s a shame really, as the board is otherwise perfect. :) Wouldn’t it be nice if one could short a pin and have it reload default/failsafe BIOS from a PROM. :) Failing that I suppose we’re in JTAG country. Does anyone know if soekris makes jig for that? —Andrew > On Dec 18, 2014, at 7:03 PM, Alvar Kusma <al...@raamat.polva.ee> wrote: > > >> I then brought the unit over to my lab bench and hooked it up to my variable >> power supply. >> But then something magical happened at 5v, 3 of the network leds (the three >> that had been in use prior to the failure) lit up. And so that's where I’m >> at. Kind of out of ideas, and not sure of how much more I can diagnose >> with this little fellow. > >> Any and all suggestions welcome :) > > This is just an speculation - PSU on mainboard. > As you mentioned - thing worked more than 2 years. But without fan and on > standard case? So, one reason can be just an dried up electrolytic capacitor. > Something like those two large caps between coils, near USB connector. > > -- > =<Alvar>= _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
