At the moment I'm getting 1 steady light on the motherboard beside the control panel.
The led's at the front are all flashing together at the moment.
That is not a valid indicator for the quad pack LEDs. Flashing lights are not listed in the diagnostic codes. Because of that I suspect that the failure is occurring before the POST process can start. This is likely an inadequate power issue. That could be a system board or power supply issue. I would recommend taking the system to minimum to POST, and toggling the 115/220 switch on the power supply to make sure it is set correctly. These are the minimum items required for POST. Remove everything else:
System board
Processor
One DIMM in slot 1
Power Supply
Control Panel
If you get the same result then test with a different DIMM in slot 1 to make sure the DIMM is not faulty. If you still encounter the same issue then parts replacement is a guessing game. If you have parts to test with that would be best, but if not then you should start replacing with most likely parts first. The most likely would be the system board and then the power supply.
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October 4th, 2013 12:00
Hello darc1969
What is the status of the quad pack LEDs? Are the fans in the case spinning up? Are you getting lights on the system board?
Thanks
DarC1969
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October 5th, 2013 08:00
Daniel,
Thanks for the reply (sorry for not getting back sooner).
At the moment I'm getting 1 steady light on the motherboard beside the control panel.
The led's at the front are all flashing together at the moment.
But since yesterday - the fans have stopped moving
Regards,
Darren
Daniel My
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October 5th, 2013 10:00
Darren
That is not a valid indicator for the quad pack LEDs. Flashing lights are not listed in the diagnostic codes. Because of that I suspect that the failure is occurring before the POST process can start. This is likely an inadequate power issue. That could be a system board or power supply issue. I would recommend taking the system to minimum to POST, and toggling the 115/220 switch on the power supply to make sure it is set correctly. These are the minimum items required for POST. Remove everything else:
If you get the same result then test with a different DIMM in slot 1 to make sure the DIMM is not faulty. If you still encounter the same issue then parts replacement is a guessing game. If you have parts to test with that would be best, but if not then you should start replacing with most likely parts first. The most likely would be the system board and then the power supply.
Thanks
DarC1969
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October 5th, 2013 10:00
That's great Daniel thanks for your help I'll try out those tips and if no joy see if I can find a few replacements.
Regards,
Darren