Tag: debugging
All the articles with the tag "debugging".
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The case that could breathe (homelab, part 3)
Updated:Assembling into a new case: a glass panel with no screws, missing drive brackets, the coarse-vs-fine screw thread nobody explains, a SATA connector that wouldn't clear, an fTPM prompt after the board swap, and seven fans stuck on red until OpenRGB fixed what the vendor software couldn't.
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New board, first beep (homelab, part 2)
Updated:The verdict on the dead motherboard: ruptured crystal oscillators, no replacement available. Two months later, a new board, a barebones test that actually spins — and a reminder that a two-euro speaker would have saved me a lot of guessing.
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Breadboarding the dead desktop (homelab, part 1)
Pulling the motherboard out of the case to test it on cardboard. Two hours of dust, a suffocated PSU, an obscure chasm full of HDDs — and a verdict.
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Old desktop won't power on (homelab, part 0)
The homelab plan is blocked on an old desktop that won't even power on. Part zero of debugging: RAM reseat, new CMOS battery, PSU paperclip test — and what each one actually proves.