[wellylug] I think my motherboards gone.... :-(

[Brent Wood]

> Yesterday, I turned it on. Just after grub started the kernel, the
> system locked up. I had booted it up the day before, and I had made no
> changes to any configuration. I turned it off & started it again. This
> time it locked up, just after the ram test, before the drive test.
> 
> I've noticed a slight whiny noise too, which never existed before.

Whine suggests a cap, maybe just a fan. Try stopping each fan for a sec or two,
to make sure it isn't a bearing whine. If you can, swap the power supply to
make sure that isn't the problem (or the source of the whine). Ditto graphics
card. 

Also note that you can sometimes hear memory when under load, a slight whine
there. The whine, if slight, may be misleading, as you may not have noticed it
until you have a problem, then you tend to notice everything!!

Depending on where you purchased the motherboard I can get a forward replacemnt
for Gigabyte stuff, usually within a couple of hours during working hours.
There is a local importer as well as a couple in Auckland.

Also, check the cpu temp in the BIOS as you boot. If you can get into the BIOS
OK, & muck around for a while, then it fails after you reboot, it suggests that
perhaps the fault is elsewhere.

So, disconnect drives, swap power supply, graphics card, if you have more than
1 memory module, use just one at a time.

Note that if you purchased it (shock, horror) as a system, rather than
components, you should prob contact the supplier ASAP, as you mucking about, if
they find out, may have warranty implications.


The power down helping with a cap would apply to power supply, graphics card &
motherboard, so while it may well be the m/b, it isn't necessarily so.


I've stuck with socket 939 & Nvidia for A64 systems, socket 754 seems to be a
very short term beast between 32 & 64 bit. AMD are already talking about
phasing it out. Touch wood, no hardware problems yet, but A64 Linux & SATA are
not always very friendly :-)




Cheers,

   Brent