CNC pc red light and won't turn on!

[awemawson]

I used to buy and sell computer peripherals as a side line. Many came out of stockbrokers offices in the City of London in the days when smoking was prevalent. Blowing out with an airline was the only way to reduce the disgusting smell of stale tobacco, and did wonders for reliability allowing components to dissipate as they were intended to.

Andrew

[John Hill]

Really pleased to hear all is not lost!

My first rule of computer repair is to take the HDD out and try that with another motherboard.

[raynerd]

Just as a random comment slightly back on topic, I replaced all settings from the profile and all looked fine. Jogging no problem. However, when I tried to run a g-code, all motors stalled, missed steps and generally died! I couldn't get my head around it. I googled and found a similar issue on cnczone. Apparent!y it can happen when the mobo has in built graphics. Going into diagnostic and turning the path display off cured all issues! I'd like to work around it and have it sorted but at least I'm back up and running.

Chris

[philf]

Just as a random comment slightly back on topic, I replaced all settings from the profile and all looked fine. Jogging no problem. However, when I tried to run a g-code, all motors stalled, missed steps and generally died! I couldn't get my head around it. I googled and found a similar issue on cnczone. Apparent!y it can happen when the mobo has in built graphics. Going into diagnostic and turning the path display off cured all issues! I'd like to work around it and have it sorted but at least I'm back up and running.
Chris

Chris,

According to Machsupport the requirement for the graphics card is: Non-integrated video card with 32MB RAM. (Large G-code files, especially 3D files will require a video card with 512MB Ram or higher).

I run a 32MB card.

Phil.

[raynerd]

Cheers Phil, I may be able to salvage the old one out of the blown PC.