I ran /usr/bin/switch2nvidia on my 10.0 desktop yesterday (hoping to enable 3D support) and rebooted. Now the machine won't post. I added a PCI TV tuner 4 days ago and it rebooted fine then. I've looked at the script and all it seems to do is change 'nv' to 'nvidia' in Xorg.conf. On the face of it I don't see why this would cause my system not to post. But this is the only thing that has changed. I need help getting this machine back online as soon as possible. Thanks, Jerome
On Thu, October 19, 2006 8:08 am, Susemail wrote:
I ran /usr/bin/switch2nvidia on my 10.0 desktop yesterday (hoping to enable 3D support) and rebooted. Now the machine won't post. I added a PCI TV tuner 4 days ago and it rebooted fine then.
I've looked at the script and all it seems to do is change 'nv' to 'nvidia' in Xorg.conf. On the face of it I don't see why this would cause my system not to post. But this is the only thing that has changed.
I need help getting this machine back online as soon as possible.
If it won't even POST then you've got yourself a hardware problem. Do you get any beep codes? What's your CMOS? -- Kai Ponte www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request
On 10/19/06, PerfectReign <suse@xr4ti.cotse.net> wrote:
On Thu, October 19, 2006 8:08 am, Susemail wrote:
I ran /usr/bin/switch2nvidia on my 10.0 desktop yesterday (hoping to enable 3D support) and rebooted. Now the machine won't post. I added a PCI TV tuner 4 days ago and it rebooted fine then.
I've looked at the script and all it seems to do is change 'nv' to 'nvidia' in Xorg.conf. On the face of it I don't see why this would cause my system not to post. But this is the only thing that has changed.
I need help getting this machine back online as soon as possible.
If it won't even POST then you've got yourself a hardware problem. Do you get any beep codes? What's your CMOS?
If it won't post, the first thing I do is pull out/disconnect everything I
can except the video. ie. Post does not need disks/cdrom/keyboard/mouse/PCI cards/etc. Then if it still won't post you know you have a MB/CPU/BIOS/RAM or Power supply problem. If it does, start adding stuff back in slowly until it fails again. When it fails you've found your culprit. Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century
On Thursday 19 October 2006 06:28, Greg Freemyer wrote:
On 10/19/06, PerfectReign <suse@xr4ti.cotse.net> wrote:
On Thu, October 19, 2006 8:08 am, Susemail wrote:
I ran /usr/bin/switch2nvidia on my 10.0 desktop yesterday (hoping to enable 3D support) and rebooted. Now the machine won't post. I added a PCI TV tuner 4 days ago and it rebooted fine then.
I've looked at the script and all it seems to do is change 'nv' to 'nvidia' in Xorg.conf. On the face of it I don't see why this would cause my system not to post. But this is the only thing that has changed.
I need help getting this machine back online as soon as possible.
If it won't even POST then you've got yourself a hardware problem. Do you get any beep codes? What's your CMOS?
If it won't post, the first thing I do is pull out/disconnect everything I
can except the video. ie. Post does not need disks/cdrom/keyboard/mouse/PCI cards/etc.
Then if it still won't post you know you have a MB/CPU/BIOS/RAM or Power supply problem.
If it does, start adding stuff back in slowly until it fails again. When it fails you've found your culprit.
Greg
Thanks Greg, After I wrote the email I went back to sleep and realized when I awoke that I should do as you suggest. But I didn't, I took the easy way out and just wiggled things around a little. It worked. I hit the panic button too soon, I should have slept on it first. Thanks, Jerome
On Thu, October 19, 2006 4:17 pm, Susemail wrote:
After I wrote the email I went back to sleep and realized when I awoke that I should do as you suggest. But I didn't, I took the easy way out and just wiggled things around a little. It worked. I hit the panic button too soon, I should have slept on it first.
Note to self: Add new entry to hardware FAQ: Unable to POST Solution: wiggle things around a little then reboot. :) Glad things worked out! -- Kai Ponte www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request
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