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I powered off my Revo this afternoon to change the power strip, plugged in a second USB hard drive and booted it up, only to find the machine won't POST. It's been running happily as an HTPC for at least 9 months and has been rebooting fine. I've tried all the usual approaches - removed all external devices, BIOS reset jumper, moved the RAM around/used only one stick, even removed the Wifi card, and I still get nothing on the screen either by VGA or HDMI. The fan spins up to 100% and stays there on power-on. Googling reveals no other person with this problem, can anyone help? It's a Revo R3600 (Atom 230 HT), made in 2009, with 2GB RAM and original ION chipset.
Edit: Tested the PSU and it shows 17-18V (can't get a clear reading, but looks about right, says 19V on the unit), tried different RAM and removed the hard drive, no joy. Also checked for any suspicious burnt electronics and can't find any. Would really like to resurrect this machine as it's the house media centre and server.
Gargravarr
Posted 2012-07-26T18:36:26.220
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Sounds like the motherboard might have just given up the ghost. Your troubleshooting steps sound very extensive and everything I was thinking of writing to help you is already covered by your post. Unfortunately I think you might just have irreparably damaged hardware. Sometimes things just go sour for no reason other than sustained operation, although it might've been a power surge or static electricity or excessive humidity or heat, too... hard to say. Either way I don't think you're going to get a ton of help here about how to magically fix a totally bricked HTPC. Sorry bud. :( – allquixotic – 2012-07-27T01:13:21.693
@allquixotic Yeah, I guess you're right. I was just clinging to hope that there might be some miracle cure for the device; it's only three years old, it shouldn't have failed already. Unfortunately there's no warranty and I can't justify the expense of replacing it yet. To anyone else finding this topic, it means your Revo is most likely dead :( – Gargravarr – 2012-07-28T01:58:54.357
Did you find a solution in the end? I have R3700 and the same exact problem. Tried everything same as you. – opengrid – 2014-02-21T17:22:00.557
@opengrid Sorry, looks like complete hardware failure. Shame cos these are nice devices, but I had to throw the machine away. Good luck finding a replacement! – Gargravarr – 2014-02-22T18:43:13.630
@Gargravarr in my case it was diagnosed that gpu was overheated over time since it was used as a media center and had to display content on a large TV screen with high resolution. The only way is to replace the mainboard but it costs too much. I decided to buy Chromecast for $35 instead. – opengrid – 2014-03-15T14:44:58.947