[Cialug] OT: USB Issues

[Jim Cole]

Or maybe they hooked the power supply up wrong.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2022, 08:00 Jim Cole <jrcole at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sounds like a bad power supply. Id just go order a new power supply for
> it. Logically it makes sense anyway.. lightning strike..power supply.
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2022, 07:56 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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