Blech.
My main gaming rig developed a faulty CD burner (Plextor 16/10/40 IDE, started getting 4 flashing green lights reading even known-good pressed CDs), so I shut it down (it normally runs 24/7) to swap in a new Plextor 48/24/48. All I did was open her up (armed with anti-static wrist strap, of course), pop off the power and IDE cables, swap drives, confirm same jumper settings, and replace the two cables.
I fire up the power, and......no joy. No spin up, no beeps/POST LEDs, nothing. So I remove the power to the new drive, just in case it's faulty, but nothing changes. I verify that the system is getting power, no cords unplugged or breakers popped, and try rebooting a few more times. No dice. I've got an MSI 6341 v1.1 mobo, which has the handy little power-to-the-board led, and sure enough, it's on. I yank the plug, and a couple seconds later it goes out. Replug...still out. Push power, the little light comes on, but otherwise no joy. Push and hold the power button 5 seconds, and it goes out. Looks like the mobo is aware of what's going on, I think. I triple-checked all relevant connections (P/S to mobo, switch to mobo, PS to drives) to verify they're seated properly. No difference.
With my trusty DMM, I check an open 4-prong power connector. Red-Black, which should be +5V, reads .42 V when "on", and about .06 V when "off" (I checked another machine to make sure that its P/S also reads about .06 V even when off....must be some standard "feature" in the P/S or something). The Yellow-Black voltage, which should be +12V, was only about 0.01V when "on", 0 when "off".
From these things, my initial guess is that my < 2 year old Antec 400W P/S just gave up the ghost. However, I'm not an expert in how the mobo and P/S interact in the ATX standard to decide that power should be turned on to the system, and I know there is some relationship, as you (or I, rather) can't get an ATX P/S to turn on without it being hooked up to a mobo.
So, I'm soliciting opinions, corrections to my beliefs, or other simple tests to try to ensure that when I go to Fry's, grab the part, and proceed to gut/repair my system, I'm not wasting my time and money...
Any input would be appreciated, thanks in advance!
-Nadim
My main gaming rig developed a faulty CD burner (Plextor 16/10/40 IDE, started getting 4 flashing green lights reading even known-good pressed CDs), so I shut it down (it normally runs 24/7) to swap in a new Plextor 48/24/48. All I did was open her up (armed with anti-static wrist strap, of course), pop off the power and IDE cables, swap drives, confirm same jumper settings, and replace the two cables.
I fire up the power, and......no joy. No spin up, no beeps/POST LEDs, nothing. So I remove the power to the new drive, just in case it's faulty, but nothing changes. I verify that the system is getting power, no cords unplugged or breakers popped, and try rebooting a few more times. No dice. I've got an MSI 6341 v1.1 mobo, which has the handy little power-to-the-board led, and sure enough, it's on. I yank the plug, and a couple seconds later it goes out. Replug...still out. Push power, the little light comes on, but otherwise no joy. Push and hold the power button 5 seconds, and it goes out. Looks like the mobo is aware of what's going on, I think. I triple-checked all relevant connections (P/S to mobo, switch to mobo, PS to drives) to verify they're seated properly. No difference.
With my trusty DMM, I check an open 4-prong power connector. Red-Black, which should be +5V, reads .42 V when "on", and about .06 V when "off" (I checked another machine to make sure that its P/S also reads about .06 V even when off....must be some standard "feature" in the P/S or something). The Yellow-Black voltage, which should be +12V, was only about 0.01V when "on", 0 when "off".
From these things, my initial guess is that my < 2 year old Antec 400W P/S just gave up the ghost. However, I'm not an expert in how the mobo and P/S interact in the ATX standard to decide that power should be turned on to the system, and I know there is some relationship, as you (or I, rather) can't get an ATX P/S to turn on without it being hooked up to a mobo.
So, I'm soliciting opinions, corrections to my beliefs, or other simple tests to try to ensure that when I go to Fry's, grab the part, and proceed to gut/repair my system, I'm not wasting my time and money...
Any input would be appreciated, thanks in advance!
-Nadim
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