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Jon B. - May 22, 2006 1:54:27 pm PDT #8142 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

My main 'puter died a mysterious death last night, and I'm hoping the Buffistas can help me diagnose the problem.

I usually leave my computer on all the time, but I powered down last night because there was a lightning storm. It was running fine right before I powered down, and I unplugged the power and the cable modem, so I don't think the storm caused any trouble. But when I tried to power it up later, I got nothing. No beep, no fan, nothing. I thought maybe the power supply had died, so I swapped in an extra I have laying around, but the problem remains. One odd thing I noticed: If I plug the big main thingie into the motherboard, but not the small squarish "aux" thingie, then the fan starts and the CD light goes on (but it doesn't boot).If I plug in the squarish thingie, then it's totally dead (no fan, no CD light).

Any thoughts?

le nubian - May 22, 2006 2:21:30 pm PDT #8143 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Rob, thanks. Do you mean "Phone as Modem?"

Tom Scola - May 22, 2006 3:43:24 pm PDT #8144 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Sprint and Verizon are CDMA. Cingular and T-Mobile are GSM. Most popular phones come in either flavor.

DXMachina - May 22, 2006 3:43:35 pm PDT #8145 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Any thoughts?

I would've said power supply. Is it possible it's a problem with the outlet? Some of the outlets in my house are on circuits that also have GFI's installed. Should one of the GFI's trip, I tend to lose things I wouldn't normally expect to lose.

Rob - May 22, 2006 3:51:59 pm PDT #8146 of 10003

Yes, phone as modem. I must have been dazzled by Samsung phone lust.

beth b - May 22, 2006 4:23:12 pm PDT #8147 of 10003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

any thoughts?

DH said : bios battery( once he realized you unplugged the cable modem so you couldn't hbve gotten a spike throught the ethernet cable. )

Jon B. - May 22, 2006 5:13:02 pm PDT #8148 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Is it possible it's a problem with the outlet?

The outlet is fine.

bios battery

Can that be replaced easily? Guess I should check the MB manual...

Jon B. - May 22, 2006 5:23:11 pm PDT #8149 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Is there ever more than one battery on a motherboard? I see a 3/4" round 3V battery, but want to make sure I remove and test the right thing.

DCJensen - May 22, 2006 5:51:09 pm PDT #8150 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.

Usually there's just the one, and that's the one.

Spidra Webster - May 22, 2006 8:02:20 pm PDT #8151 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

Can anyone elaborate on why Ubuntu seems to be the Linux distro of choice for 'ffistas?

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