On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 3:30 PM Eric Oyen <
eric.oyen@icloud.com> wrote:
> Troubleshooting 101, if the board supports upgrading the firmware without the CPU or other additional hardware installed and it won’t come up, it’s likely either the firmware needs to be reset, or the board, itself, is bad. Both are highly likely at this stage.
>
> If resetting the firmware doesn’t resolve the issue, that leaves it as a bad motherboard. If you have some kind of warrantee on it, return it for an exchange, refund or an upgrade.
It's brand new so there's definitely a warranty, I'll just waiting to
hear back from them now...
> It’s funny when you think about it though. All of this technology that we take for granted and all of it is exceedingly fragile. One little ESD in the wrong spot, a drop off the desk or even sitting on it wrong and your tech becomes a glorified paperweight. In my case, that can be problematic as some of my tech deals specifically with blindness issues.
>
> Anyway, best way to tell if the motherboard is toast, take a look at any of the tin can caps on there. If the top is bulged or looks like it has a pin hole, it’s a bad cap and that can kill a motherboard faster than a laser punching a hole through a sheet of paper.
All the capacitors look good, there's no obvious damage to anything...
Cheers
Adam
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