[Cialug] OT: USB Issues

[Scott Yates]

Ya, try a power supply first.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 1:03 AM Jim Cole <jrcole at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> >> > --
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> >> >
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