won't POST

[Daniel Brown]

If you have not already done so FLASH your BIOS. Resetting to defaults may
be the answer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Brown" <kevin_brown at qwest.net>
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: won't POST


> der.hans wrote:
> > Am 04. Sep, 2005 schwätzte Kevin Brown so:
> >
> >
> >>>>>moin, moin,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>as of last night my asterisk box ( a week old ) won't post :(.
> >>>>>The line describing the cpu come up, then nothing. Can't get it
> >>>>>to go into bios setup.
> >>
> >>>>Getting into the bios should have nothing to do with anything
> >>>>you've done to the OS: Try a knoppix cd to see if the box is
> >>>>viable.
> >>
> >>>This is not an OS problem. It's not even getting far enough to get
> >>>into the bios setup.
> >>>
> >>>I hadn't tried a bootable CD because it doesn't get that far. I just
> >>>tried it, though, and it still stops after displaying the CPU info.
> >>
> >>Find the MB manufacturer's website and look for their post code
> >>information about your specific board.  If the internal speaker isn't
> >>hooked up, you won't be able to actually hear the post code errors.
> >
> >
> > There doesn't appear to be a speaker on the box. I don't have any spares
> > here.
>
> makes it hard to fix.  You should be able to pull a speaker from another
> system and hook it up to the appropriate pins on your motherboard.  I've
> never done it on a live system, but shouldn't cause any harm.
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