Building a media center server - system will not POST
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:55 am
This is a long story. I am not very good at summarizing things, so please excuse its length.
I am in the process of moving my house from Windows to Linux. Unfortunately, at this time, my desktop is acting as a media center PC for my entire house and my homes' use of Windows Media Center is something I had planned to expand going forward. The killer application of Media Center is the fact that it is possible to purchase Media Center extenders to be able to use it remotely like a set-top box, which is something that has no Linux alternative and since good tuners use PCI/PCI-Express, it is not possible to virtualize the server.
Because of this, I built a new PC to act as a media center server for my house. I used some more components from newegg (case, motherboard) with some some parts I had lying around the house (everything else) to build it. Initially, I was able to boot it, but it would quickly freeze in the BIOS and this made the system unusable. I then did an RMA with newegg and newegg replaced the motherboard. I reassembled the system and promptly after plugging it into an outlet and turning it on, I discovered that it would immediately turn itself off:
Here are the system specifications:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
4GB of RAM (2x Corsair VS2GBKIT667D2)
XFX GeForce 9300 Motherboard
320GB Western Digital Caviar SATA hard drive
Plextor SATA DVD-Burner
Antec P180 Mini Case
Antec Phantom 500W PSU
The Antec Phantom 500W PSU is actually a unit I received as a replacement for an Antec Phantom 350W PSU that died on me after like 18 months. It had been in the basement for years and was new in box when I pulled it out.
Everything appears to be properly connected, with the CPU, the CPU fan, the RAM and all of the various power cables being installed properly. Could current underflow protection be causing this? If not, does anyone have any idea what else might be causing this?
I am in the process of moving my house from Windows to Linux. Unfortunately, at this time, my desktop is acting as a media center PC for my entire house and my homes' use of Windows Media Center is something I had planned to expand going forward. The killer application of Media Center is the fact that it is possible to purchase Media Center extenders to be able to use it remotely like a set-top box, which is something that has no Linux alternative and since good tuners use PCI/PCI-Express, it is not possible to virtualize the server.
Because of this, I built a new PC to act as a media center server for my house. I used some more components from newegg (case, motherboard) with some some parts I had lying around the house (everything else) to build it. Initially, I was able to boot it, but it would quickly freeze in the BIOS and this made the system unusable. I then did an RMA with newegg and newegg replaced the motherboard. I reassembled the system and promptly after plugging it into an outlet and turning it on, I discovered that it would immediately turn itself off:
Here are the system specifications:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
4GB of RAM (2x Corsair VS2GBKIT667D2)
XFX GeForce 9300 Motherboard
320GB Western Digital Caviar SATA hard drive
Plextor SATA DVD-Burner
Antec P180 Mini Case
Antec Phantom 500W PSU
The Antec Phantom 500W PSU is actually a unit I received as a replacement for an Antec Phantom 350W PSU that died on me after like 18 months. It had been in the basement for years and was new in box when I pulled it out.
Everything appears to be properly connected, with the CPU, the CPU fan, the RAM and all of the various power cables being installed properly. Could current underflow protection be causing this? If not, does anyone have any idea what else might be causing this?