[Cialug] OT: USB Issues

Mon Jun 13 22:35:30 UTC 2022

Keeping it simple. Is there even a speaker to generate the beeps? That’s a phenomenon I discovered in the last few years on my Ryzen mobos. I would get no beeps on boots whether good or bad. I noticed there was no speaker built in or wired to the front panel header pins. Hooking a speaker from my junk drawer to the speaker header and walla. Either the single ‘everything is ok’ beeps, or the POST code for identifying an issue. 

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> On Jun 13, 2022, at 12:56 AM, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com> wrote:
> Resurrecting this old thread, need some more help. To get up to speed,
> there was a lightning strike near my house in October.  There were 3 USB
> devices hooked up to my gaming tower, not including the KB and mouse.  All
> 3 were fried (KB and mouse seemed to be ok).  The computer continued to
> work, but I was  afraid to plug in anything to the USB ports.
> 
> In March,  I finally decided to send the motherboard into Gigabyte for
> warranty repair.  To my surprise, they said there was nothing wrong with
> it.  After getting it back, I let it sit for a couple of months, I wasn’t
> looking forward to putting it back together.  That was the reason I bought
> a pre-built PC.  I made a mistake in taking it to Best Buy, they said they
> would reassemble it for me.  Thanks to a recent appliance purchase, we had
> their Total Tech, so there wasn’t a charge to assemble it.  I assumed it
> would be back to either full working order, or at least back to what it was
> prior to sending it in for repair.  Instead, they said it wouldn’t boot.
> Of course, they wanted to sell me a new setup.  I decided to bring it home
> and take a look at it.
> 
> I thought maybe it would be a bent pin on the processor, or something I
> could figure out.  Unfortunately, I’m stumped.  I don’t know if it’s the
> MB, or processor.  I don’t get any beeps, even without RAM.  I need to
> either buy new parts, or get it diagnosed.  Does anyone know of a place I
> could take it to get it diagnosed?  It’s a Gigabyte MB, AM4 Socket, Ryzen 7
> processor, not quite 3 years old.
> 
> TIA!
> 
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:35 PM Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> My spare PSU didn't have enough 8 pin connectors, so I couldn't plug in my
>> video card.  But, I hooked up everything else, and not long into the boot
>> process (pre-OS), the noise returned.  It is definitely coming from the
>> speakers.  If I shutdown the PC (but leave the PSU on), the speakers stay
>> powered, but no noise.  I should also say that I can plug the speakers into
>> a USB battery and again, no noise.  And the audio comes from a connector on
>> the back of a monitor.  So whatever input is selected on the monitor, is
>> where the audio comes from.  But the noise stays regardless of the input
>> selected, if the speaker power cable is plugged into my PC.
>> 
>> Would purchasing an add-on USB card fix the issue, or do you think the
>> noise would follow?  Or should I just bite the bullet and buy a new MB?
>> 
>> Now I'm having another problem.  When it is on my desk and open, I can get
>> the LEDs to work.  But on the floor, the LEDs are off.  I'm sure it's a
>> power issue.  There's a power cable that runs from an ATA power connector
>> to a board that controls the LEDs. I think one of the connectors came loose.
>> 
>> Did I say I wish I hadn't bought this thing?  I got scared off from
>> assembling my own since it had been years since I built my last one.  I
>> might have to do that after all.
>> 
>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 2:56 PM L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Thu, 18 Nov 2021, David Champion wrote:
>>>> I have a PC power supply tester that give you a reading on all of
>>> thevoltages. Also have a multimeter, and we have an o-scope (I'm not
>>> qualifiedto run but others are) at Area515.
>>> Would it not be simpler to just order a new PSU? At a cost of $40, .. your
>>> time value would be WELL above that - we keep two or three on the shelf
>>> at all times.
>>>        Lee
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