On Wednesday 19 March 2008 8:41:52 am Grant wrote: > A Gentoo desktop of mine won't turn on anymore. I was hoping it was > the power supply but I've installed a new one which doesn't fix the > problem. Is there a sure way to know if the motherboard needs > replacement or if I have two dead power supplies? > > - Grant
Quite possibly your cpu and/or cooling fan. To test this...pull your current units out, hook-up a known good fan (without any cpu) and apply power. If the fan spins, you've isolated your problem. -jm -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list