Was asked to look at a non-booting machine. Discovered that cpu fan not running and PSU failed. Replaced PSU, no post and no CPU fan. Replaced CPU fan which now runs but still no post. Replaced CPU with identical spare, no post. Only light showing on the mobo is the green standby power. Sounds like the mobo is toast?
<you.would.like.to@know> wrote: > Was asked to look at a non-booting machine. Discovered that cpu fan not > running and PSU failed. Replaced PSU, no post and no CPU fan. Replaced > CPU fan which now runs but still no post. Replaced CPU with identical > spare, no post. Only light showing on the mobo is the green standby > power. Sounds like the mobo is toast?
> I suspect the PSU died and in doing so killed the mobo and CPU fan.
> What brand was the failed PSU?
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:35:25 +0100, ratman and bobbin > <you.would.like.to@know> wrote:
>> Was asked to look at a non-booting machine. Discovered that cpu fan not >> running and PSU failed. Replaced PSU, no post and no CPU fan. Replaced >> CPU fan which now runs but still no post. Replaced CPU with identical >> spare, no post. Only light showing on the mobo is the green standby >> power. Sounds like the mobo is toast?
> It was an Antec 450. > I have now ordered a replacement mobo .....
> Appreciate the response
> " ><(((°>" <nos...@butfish.com> wrote in message > news:op.vf5vw3ufcnngb9@me-pc... >> I suspect the PSU died and in doing so killed the mobo and CPU fan.
>> What brand was the failed PSU?
>> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:35:25 +0100, ratman and bobbin >> <you.would.like.to@know> wrote:
>>> Was asked to look at a non-booting machine. Discovered that cpu fan not >>> running and PSU failed. Replaced PSU, no post and no CPU fan. Replaced >>> CPU fan which now runs but still no post. Replaced CPU with identical >>> spare, no post. Only light showing on the mobo is the green standby >>> power. Sounds like the mobo is toast?
<you.would.like.to@know> wrote: >On further investigation the HDD, FDD and DVD are not working . . . .
>Wont be able to get any data back either . Oh dear.
>"ratman and bobbin" <you.would.like.to@know> wrote in message >news:Nmy1o.236047$sD7.81733@hurricane... >> It was an Antec 450. >> I have now ordered a replacement mobo .....
>> Appreciate the response
>> " ><(((°>" <nos...@butfish.com> wrote in message >> news:op.vf5vw3ufcnngb9@me-pc... >>> I suspect the PSU died and in doing so killed the mobo and CPU fan.
>>> What brand was the failed PSU?
>>> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:35:25 +0100, ratman and bobbin >>> <you.would.like.to@know> wrote:
>>>> Was asked to look at a non-booting machine. Discovered that cpu fan not >>>> running and PSU failed. Replaced PSU, no post and no CPU fan. Replaced >>>> CPU fan which now runs but still no post. Replaced CPU with identical >>>> spare, no post. Only light showing on the mobo is the green standby >>>> power. Sounds like the mobo is toast?
>>>> Geoff with a suspected paper weight.
-- Okay, it works now. Or at least it malfunctions in all the expected ways. -- Mark Edwards, asr
On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:19:01 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh
<jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > (Can't be arsed to rearrange)
> That's a surprise for an Antec to fail in that way, they're always > known as decent kit. Lightning strike?
> There are data recovery services that'll transplant the platters of a > dead drive, if the owner is interested - retrodata.co.uk is both good > and cheap.
> Cheers - Jaimie
Retrodata - good yes, very good even but cheap - No.
Cheaper than most perhaps but not cheap anymore. Duncan has put his prices up several times since he started - and why not.
Still I suppose it depends what your data is worth to you.
>> That's a surprise for an Antec to fail in that way, they're always >> known as decent kit. Lightning strike?
>> There are data recovery services that'll transplant the platters of a >> dead drive, if the owner is interested - retrodata.co.uk is both good >> and cheap.
>> Cheers - Jaimie
> Retrodata - good yes, very good even but cheap - No.
> Cheaper than most perhaps but not cheap anymore. > Duncan has put his prices up several times since he started - and why not.
> Still I suppose it depends what your data is worth to you.
If the HD has been tried in another PC and still doesn't work(?), it is likely that only the drive electronics board is damaged. In that case you may be able to find an identical drive and swap the boards to recover your data.
>> That's a surprise for an Antec to fail in that way, they're always >> known as decent kit. Lightning strike?
>> There are data recovery services that'll transplant the platters of a >> dead drive, if the owner is interested - retrodata.co.uk is both good >> and cheap.
>> Cheers - Jaimie
>Retrodata - good yes, very good even but cheap - No.
>Cheaper than most perhaps but not cheap anymore.
He's still relatively cheap - I've seen quotes ten times his.
>Duncan has put his prices up several times since he started - and why not.
>Still I suppose it depends what your data is worth to you.
Always. Which is why I have four layers of backup now.
Cheers - Jaimie -- Humans hate to admit error even as they stand there, black and smoldering, with the stub of a cigarette in one hand, in the middle of a wide crater containing them and the remains of a sign that once read 'DANGER: VOLATILE EXPLOSIVES' - James Nicoll
Thanks for all the replies. The HDD controller board has a fried component near the four pin drive connector. Turns out the data is not so important so will be binning the lot.
> " ><(((°>" <nos...@butfish.com> wrote in message > news:op.vf6yzlvrcnngb9@me-pc... >> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:19:01 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh >> <jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>>> (Can't be arsed to rearrange)
>>> That's a surprise for an Antec to fail in that way, they're always >>> known as decent kit. Lightning strike?
>>> There are data recovery services that'll transplant the platters of a >>> dead drive, if the owner is interested - retrodata.co.uk is both good >>> and cheap.
>>> Cheers - Jaimie
>> Retrodata - good yes, very good even but cheap - No.
>> Cheaper than most perhaps but not cheap anymore. >> Duncan has put his prices up several times since he started - and why >> not.
>> Still I suppose it depends what your data is worth to you.
> If the HD has been tried in another PC and still doesn't work(?), > it is likely that only the drive electronics board is damaged. In that > case you may be able to find an identical drive and swap the boards > to recover your data.
Mike Tomlinson <m...@jasper.org.uk> wrote: > In article <j9id465hoful0rbl6kipciimhiaveuf...@4ax.com>, Jaimie > Vandenbergh <jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> writes
> >That's a surprise for an Antec to fail in that way, they're always > >known as decent kit.
> The one and only Antec I bought with my own money expired with a bang. > Fortunately, it didn't take anything else with it.
That happened to my Antec only a few days ago, also with no apparent damage to the rest of the machine. First look reveals lots of dust and fluff packed into the PSU case and some dodgy looking capacitors, I'll Hoover it out later and assess the full extent of the damage, and maybe have a go at replacing the capacitors some time.
In article <20100725190635.17ddedde@bluemoon>, Rob Morley <nos...@ntlworld.com> writes
>That happened to my Antec only a few days ago, also with no apparent >damage to the rest of the machine. First look reveals lots of dust and >fluff packed into the PSU case and some dodgy looking capacitors, I'll >Hoover it out later and assess the full extent of the damage, and maybe >have a go at replacing the capacitors some time.
Is it worth it, given you can get a decent new replacement for not very much? If it went bang, the bridge rectifier or switching transistors on the primary side have shorted, so you'd need to replace those as well as the dodgy output capacitors (and don't just replace the dodgy looking ones, do the lot. The others won't be far behind.)
If the mains fuse is glass, has the wire inside vaporised and covered the inside of the glass with shiny metal? If so, you definitely have a shorted bridge or switcher, usually the bridge.
