[Cialug] OT: USB Issues

Mon Jun 13 23:08:13 UTC 2022

This is a good point as well.  Though most recent motherboards DO have a
postcode seven segment LED displays right on the motherboard.  Do you see
any lights at all on the board?

On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 5:36 PM Nicholas Olson <nicholas.olson83 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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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> > --
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