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Recent content by SamHD

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    Hope you guys are still around

    Okay, I pulled out the M.2 SSD and booted the PC tonight. There is no change to the way it is (not) working. It still does not post. I want to thank you folks for trying to help.
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    Hope you guys are still around

    There's only one OS at a time on the computer. I wipe the SSD and start over for each new OS. I have to ask: If the PC won't post, what difference will wiping the SSD make? IIRC, the system should post with no storage attached. I will remove the SSD tonight and power on without storage to see...
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    Hope you guys are still around

    Everything in the system is new except the case and the video card. They had been used before as part of another working PC. It is a 'Frankenstein' system, but all the parts came from Amazon recently. Since it won't post I haven't reformatted the SSD. It ran for about 25 days from the first...
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    Hope you guys are still around

    It's probably PCLinuxOS, but I can't be certain. The system is my 'sand box'; I installed 10-`15 different Linux distros in the 25 days it was working, including Endeavor, Manjaro, Linux Mint, Debian Testing, Pop_OS, and others.
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    Hope you guys are still around

    I've been building PCs for more than 40 years, but this is a new one on me. The system worked perfectly for about 25 days with no problems, installing and running about 10 different Linux versions. One day, I powered it up. It ran for about 20 seconds or so, then spontaneously powered down...