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#1 2006-02-20 04:42:22

Beetlenut
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new motherboard problems (Solved)

My mother board and power died. After replacing both I can't boot in. All I get is Verifying DMI Pool Data and then GRUB

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#2 2006-02-20 04:51:22

Gullible Jones
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Re: new motherboard problems (Solved)

How'd they die? Lightning strike?

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#3 2006-02-20 05:03:38

Beetlenut
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Re: new motherboard problems (Solved)

I went on vacation and when I returned I couldn't turn on  my computer. The power was off and the plug was pulled so lightening doesn't seem to be a likely cause.

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#4 2006-02-20 07:49:08

scarecrow
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Re: new motherboard problems (Solved)

Can you boot your machine properly via a liveCD?


Microshaft delenda est

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#5 2006-02-20 13:10:59

jaboua
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Re: new motherboard problems (Solved)

scarecrow wrote:

Can you boot your machine properly via a liveCD?

I doubt so if the motherboard and power is dead

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#6 2006-02-20 13:51:49

Beetlenut
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Re: new motherboard problems (Solved)

Yes I can boot in with a live cd.

As noted, I have had my motherboard and power supply replaced.

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#7 2006-02-20 14:00:51

Bysshe
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Re: new motherboard problems (Solved)

Could you be using SATA for the hard-drive, and IDE for the optical drive and the new motherboard utilizes a different SATA controller?  Regardless, maybe hardware detect isn't functioning for the storage controller module, and you'll need to manually enter the module into initrd.  There's info in the more recent newsletters, if not in the wiki.

Of course you'll probably have to chroot using that live CD.

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#8 2006-02-21 03:55:52

Beetlenut
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Re: new motherboard problems (Solved)

I don't have or had SATA so it would seem that isn't the problem

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#9 2006-02-22 00:13:53

rayjgu3
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Re: new motherboard problems (Solved)

several things come to mind reading this
your old board does it turn on, just not post? if it powers on does the machine constantly look to floppy or cd
if so clear the bios via jumper ( i'd say you done that) did you look into any kind of bios recovery . if its an asus alot of them can do a bios recovery from the cd that came with board  . i  know with alot of ami bios' if you put the flash utility & .rom on a floppy just turn it on let it sit for 30-60 min then reboot .

as for the issue with new board boot from install cd "recovery mode " see
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Res … oot_loader

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#10 2006-02-22 01:27:32

Beetlenut
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Re: new motherboard problems (Solved)

motherboard. I knew I had a problem with the power supply. When I went to get it fixed I was told that the motherboard was bad too so that was replaced.

Booting up. When I boot from the install disc using vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 I can get in but cannot use my mouse or keyboard. (Note: This is now a crossthread with my other post.)

If I try....mount /dev/hda3 /mnt and then mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/boot I get...ext3: No journal on filesystem on hda1

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#11 2006-02-23 02:57:06

rayjgu3
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Re: new motherboard problems (Solved)

do you have
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
or "no"
if no change to yes
you could also chroot into system from install cd
but dont mount /dev/hda1 <is this /boot?
(just another guess this could be exactly where your problem may be a corrupt file system or kernel or some other files in /boot )
boot from install cd configure network to be connected
chroot into /dev/hda3
once chrooted in
in fstab comment out the line mounting /dev/hda1 /boot 
pacman -Sy kernel 
also grub if you use grub then run
grub-install /dev/hda
if using lilo run lilo
hit ctrl + d  to exit chroot
reboot hopefully all went well
if so once in
mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda1
mount /dev/hda1 /to/wherever
cp /boot /where/hda1/is mounted
edit fstab uncomment the line /dev/hda1
reboot hopefully all goes well

i think you see what im getting at

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#12 2006-02-23 05:16:06

Beetlenut
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Re: new motherboard problems (Solved)

My problem stems from a bad hard drive...

Thank you Rayjgu3 for your help. I did learn something from this.

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