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Ez-Buddie Power Problem
by marcmatics - 4/8/08 5:24 PMI have an Ez-buddie 2 system that wont power up, the system has an external power supply with lights indicating power, my usb mouse plugged into the system is lit indicating that power is present in the system, my monitor confirms to me that it is plugged into the system no (no-signal) message, the only other thing i can think of is power-up button failure..... any ideas and if so what are your experiences in replacing the power switch.....
Check into...
by Willy - 4/8/08 8:27 PM In reply to: Ez-Buddie Power Problem by marcmaticsSince this is an unique system, the psu or ext. power may have lost some voltage and/or not capable of all required of it. The system mtrbd. has overheated or failed in some way. I thought the frt. panel power button has failed, but inspection requires a meter and access to it for a simple test. Open the case and see if any oblivious damage is present. Plus allow the open case t better cool the system for now and see if it helps. Does the syetm provide a beep sequence when powering up? and if so, what is any is present now.
tada -----Willy 
its dead....
by marcmatics - 4/9/08 5:06 AM In reply to: Check into... by Willyhi willy thanks for your reply, the system is dead, eg. nothing happens when i press the power up button, but the system is receiving power from the psu as stated in my first post, i have opened the case and cannot see anything obvious...would the only way to test the motherboard be to take it out and install it in the likes of an atx case?
access to the front panel power button to test it is limited, got me so frustrated i almost snapped the front panel off...not a very good design for trying to perform maintainance on the system...anyway its a fresh new day and i will kep trying, ive had the ez-buddie for 3 years and its been a great system and would hate to have to take it to a pc repair shop as ive always done my own maintainance and upgrades on pcs ive had....
just a thought
by marcmatics - 4/9/08 5:13 AM In reply to: Check into... by Willywas just thinking when i was writing about upgrades i do, the hard drive i installed in the barebones system when i bought it was a maxtor diamondmax 80gb ATA-IDE....recently it started making alot of clicking noises on disk access so i reckoned it was on its way out and went out and got a hitachi deskstar 250gb PATA hard drive, it installed fine, that was about 3 weeks ago, could the difference in drives affect power inside the system??
Heat and its results
by Willy - 4/9/08 7:56 AM In reply to: just a thought by marcmaticsMaxtors tend to be noisy and do get nosier when they fail or seem so. However, this is only an observation, no real set of numbers, but IMHO I don't use Maxtor if I can help it.
While, replacing the HDs shouldn't cause a problem;. You have to take into acct. why the original HD petered. Did it cause the next HD to start behaving in the same way or cause the 2ndary problem you now have. This is something I look at as heat stress is a common factor in failures or a leading one. Now it maybe too late to correct as you stated "its dead". It maybe more hassle or cost to find the real cause w/o having it in hand. good luck
tada -----Willy
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