Re: Is it likely that a malfunctional PC internal speaker can make a PC appear "dead?"

[Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya trevor

On Fri, 30 May 2003, trevor sealy wrote:

> Hi Debian,
> I turned on my PC as usual which did not run POST and there were no beeps
> from my internal speaker to indicate a POST error. There was no video,
> and hence no error messages. My system appears to be dead - although the
> fan on the CPU and  the system fan are obviously running, and the LEDs on
> the front panel are lit. I bought a POST card and tested the system and
> got "FF";and according to the code book the system passed the POST.
> Is it possible - is it likely that my internal speaker might be causing
> my system to appear to be dead ?

if unplugging the speaker makes the system boot... than yes, its hanging
your system .. double check your speaker connection on the motherboard
	- try a different speaker and wires

other ways that the system appeaers to be alive and yet dead...
	- check that the disks is spinning up ( you should be able to hear
	it and feel it spin up )

- clear the cmos if you plugged in/unplugged some pci cards lately

- boot off a bootable floppy w/ root=/dev/hda1  
- boot off a bootable cdrom w/ root=/dev/hda1
	.. etc.. where /dev/hda1 is your / partition

- power off ( pull the power cord off asterward )  than remove your
  memory... it should beep loudly and clearly .. means all else is working

- sometimes the monitor goes into sleep mode .. wake it up
	- power it off/on .. wait for the clicking sounds ..
	- connect it to a different PC

	- try a different video card

- check your keyboard and mouse ... if you removed those lately ..
  (keyboard connector is usually on the bottom - closer to the motherboard)


- threaten the machine that it will forever "lose it's power" ( over
  you ) and be sent to the dumpster  :-)
	- be nice to it when it's working.. don't make it mad

c ya
alvin