December 14, 20205 yr Was fixing up a loose M2 drive and after putting everything back together the PC just fails to post. Can see that either the Dram or CPU red led light is coming on on the mobo. Think it's the CPU one. Both were working fine earlier though. I tried using one or the other RAM in all slots but getting the same result. Unfortunately don't have any other RAM I can test with. Don't have anything I can test with the CPU. Is it more likely I've somehow shorted the mobo? Tried removing everything to see if there was any objects inside but couldn't see anything. Any ideas? Thinking I might just bring it to a local shop to help narrowing down the problem.
December 15, 20205 yr 13 hours ago, Tektolnes said: Was fixing up a loose M2 drive Step 1: Remove drive. Used compressed air to blast the slot. Inspect the slot and all pins carefully. If all looks good, no damage, reinsert drive. Step 2. Try to boot. Step 3. If it still fails to boot, reset the CMOS. Step 4. Cross your fingers and try again. Edited December 15, 20205 yr by martin-w
December 15, 20205 yr Author 12 hours ago, martin-w said: Step 4. Cross your fingers and try again. Turned into cross my fingers and buy a new mobo. I evidently electromacuted the previous one into Deadsville. A lesson learned.
December 16, 20205 yr 14 hours ago, Tektolnes said: Turned into cross my fingers and buy a new mobo. I evidently electromacuted the previous one into Deadsville. A lesson learned. Oh dear. Sorry about that. 😞 What happened? Where you a bit to heavy handed and damaged the slot? Worth knowing so we dont make the same mistake. Edited December 16, 20205 yr by martin-w
December 16, 20205 yr Author 2 hours ago, martin-w said: What happened? Where you a bit to heavy handed and damaged the slot? The full sorry tale is that I noticed my M2 drive wasn't registering so had a peek inside the case and could see it was loose as the screw around the custom heatsink that had come with the drive had fallen out and the whole drive was loose. In my foolishness I reached inside to try and push it in while the power was still on. Obviously a bad idea but just didn't stop to think in the moment. The drive fell out and I switched the PC off but damage must have been done around then - just wouldn't post after that no matter what I did including resetting CMOS, etc. Same parts all worked fine on the new mobo. First time I've ever broken anything like that but I guess one moment of carelessness is all it takes.
December 16, 20205 yr Bad news indeed. Happens to the best of us. I recall a motherboard a few years ago, where I had difficulty inserting a case USB cable into the motherboard header. Turned out one of the pins was slightly bent. So I attempted to straighten it and the pin snapped off. Believe it of not, motherboards do have fuses. May be just a blown fuse that can be replaced. So don't bin the board, it may be repairable and useful as a spare. "polymeric temperature thermistors" or something like that they are called. Edited December 16, 20205 yr by martin-w
December 16, 20205 yr Author Nice one - thanks for the info. I'll bring it down to a local shop to see what they say. Would be nice to recoup a few quid or just keep as a spare in case of any further electrical misadventures.
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