[mythtv-users] mythbox won't even beep on boot...

Oskar Lissheim-Boethius avocade at gmail.com
Sun Jul 3 12:12:39 EDT 2005


On 3 jul 2005, at 18.00, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:

> I had a PC do something similar...  The power light was a gree/orange
> combo LED, but never went orange other than for a brief fraction of a
> second before power-down.  I changed some RAM (that I found - never  
> a good
> idea) that was a tight fit.  I rebooted and the drives and fans  
> spun up,
> but the light was orange.  'Not a good sign,' I thought.  Then the  
> magic
> smoke escaped from the fan.  The MoBo had a blackened hole in it  
> where a
> chip used to be (right next to the dodgy RAM).  It, too, didn't  
> beep when
> it normally would.
>
> I suggest reseating your RAM and checking for scorch marks...

Sounds awful. I'll check that. Hopefully it means that only a  
motherboard change is necessary and that the drives and data are safe...



Yours sincerely,

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