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So we've had some brownouts this last Saturday afternoon, and then a total blackout that lasted (in my case) for nearly 48 hours. Plenty of reports of confirmed tornadoes. I count myself lucky and have been spared the worst - I don't have to go very far to see some rather impressive damage.
But to jump straight to the point - despite being set up with a UPS, one of my Intel NUCs no longer powers on. The LED built into the power button blinks once every (maybe) 2.5 seconds, but it otherwise does not power on at all. I've tried long presses, short presses, disconnecting for 30 seconds, disconnecting for many hours in fact...but the same thing occurs; the power button blinks once every 2-3 seconds but nothing happens. Like it was stuck in sleep mode and doesn't want to come out of it.
The hard drive still works fine, and is now in fact running in another system. But I'm left wondering if that system is truly fried. If it was, I wouldn't expect the LED on it to blink in this way.
Thoughts? Options?
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probably the mother board. I have one that I know is this way for sure.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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My sympathies. I agree with rnbergen about the probable cause.
Even if the drive is still working, I would treat it with suspicion and replace it at the earliest opportunity. A surge that burnt out components on the motherboard probably stressed the disk drive as well.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I would check your UPS as well. It might have been damaged and passed it on to one of its outlets and your computer. I would expect it to have good surge protection, but it is not unlimited.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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If you have another NUC, just for the heck of it I might try using the other power supply once to see if it makes any difference. If the MB died, it may be mearly coincidental. I hesitate to believe a spike would cross both the protected UPS and a wall wart to kill the board, unless it was a direct strike between the nearby transformer pole and your house. You could also attempt reflashing the bios from a USB thumb drive to see if it might post afterwards. As last resort, swap memory sticks to see if it posts. Good luck ~John
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Well that was the thing, there was no lightning strike anywhere near, just some brownouts during the afternoon - enough just to trigger the battery momentarily a few times, but not even long enough to make an old alarm clock (hooked up directly to the wall) to lose power.
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Yes, this is the way I read your first post, and why I recommended trying a different power supply to boot with. I hesitate to think a sputtering brownout spike would get past both the UPS and the wall wart power supply to zap the MB.
Hope you can get it sorted without losing the NUC.
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Bummer - but one question - how old is your UPS?
A while ago I was picking up something from a local office supply store, and the sales clerk suggested a new UPS for me (I had told him mine was 10+ years old with new batteries). He mentioned that the surge protection (usually varistors) where out over time and lose their protective qualities.
I wrote APC to ask them about it, but either received an idiot response from an AI or from a human. I never really confirmed whether or not the issue is factually. Anyone else know?
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Is Monkey Pox the new COVID?
Is it possible to discuss this without going into the obvious geo-political ramifications.
Does anyone have a problem with the coincidence of all of this?
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Exactly.
So, it doesn't strike you odd that COVID-19, which is based off of an old virus, and Monkey Pox which is an old virus, are now global, free, and wild? Like, why now, after all these years?
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As humans continue to expand into areas where they didn't traditionally live (and bring their animals), there are more chances for animal viruses to make the jump into humans.
Add air travel, and you get "global, free, and wild".
TTFN - Kent
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 Right, Mulder. That must be it.
That they started after the cases proves it's all driven by big pharma. Of course they're going to announce they're looking into vaccines. They'll have to do something to help their stock performance:
Quote: Moderna's stock is down 48.3% so far this year
TTFN - Kent
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It's not odd. It has happened like that with plenty sickness for eons.
Do you know, for example, that the Tasmanian devils all over Tasmania are now suffering from a virus inflicted and contagious cancer? (it almost wiped out all Tasmanian Devil in 2009) Do you find it odd it's happening right now and not before?
However, it's not to say that, mm.. something malignant happened (or did not happened), just to say that mere coincidence here proves nothing, suggest nothing, is irrelevant.
modified 25-May-22 1:47am.
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Rick York wrote: No, none what so ever. This is not a new virus but one that has been studied for decades with vaccinations and treatments available
Man, are the news outlets gonna be disappointed...
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All "news" outlets: OMG, it's a new variant! Is it more infectious, more deadly, more panic-inducing than previous variants?
Tune in at 23:00 for the latest!
/s
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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No "/s" needed. This is the current state of media.
News presenters IMO need to be tarred and feathered, heads shaved, and walked naked down the streets. Even if only to scare the others.
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Slacker007 wrote: Does anyone have a problem with the coincidence of all of this?
Are you suggesting a conspiracy? because if you are...
What could possibly be the motive? Vaccines are cheap compared to say, Vraylar. Hell, viagra is probably a much bigger payout for Pfizer than some vaccines they've spent decades researching and have to negotiate costs with the US government, who are distributing vaccines for free.
Occam's razor, among other things suggests no grand conspiracy, because
A) Humans simply are not good at keeping secrets. The bigger conspiracy, the greater the chance it being leaked. It's like sharing your passwords. It doesn't work. People don't work that way.
B) There's no compelling motive
C) There's no sort of trail anywhere. It's all just speculative.
D) Bad things tend to happen in multiples. As the human population explodes, the odds of a virus jumping from animal to human increases exponentially due to exposure.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I do find it interesting, that someone supposedly as bright as you, is one of the first persons to not only drink the Kook-Aid but to say it is refreshing as hell.
Interesting.
I question everything, especially the CDC, WHO, and my Government and media. If that makes me a crackpot, so be it; I welcome it then.
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Slacker007 wrote: is one of the first persons to not only drink the Kook-Aid
If you have anything of substance to support your position, by all means let me know, but backhanded rhetorical devices like the above aren't going to do it.
Evidence, man. That's the only thing that will sway me.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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You know, I have to add something here.
The problem with conspiracy theories is they are a fabulous propaganda tool that can rope in otherwise smart people.
The thing is, they feed the notion that we know something somebody else doesn't, and who doesn't want to believe they're more clever than the next person?
So propagandists and manipulators spread them in order to get people to do things like be suspicious of their neighbor, their government, or anything else said people want to dismantle and/or control.
So in the event of something that sounds like a conspiracy, I question it.
In all your questioning of the media, government, etc, you forgot to question the conspiracy.
It's simple, Slacker - Logos is a tool we can use to verify or discard something we're presented with, or something we believe.
That's why I applied logos to your comments.
Now if you'd like, I can point out the logical fallacies in your response to me, but I think it would just be easier if you answered the question I posed to you in my response. Let's start there.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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honey the codewitch wrote: B) There's no compelling motive
Sure there is -- fear sells. Think about the mainstream "news" services (of all political stripes). When interest in one major trauma dies down, they replace it with a new trauma. Then the other services jump on it, making things appear far worse then they actually are. This sells news, and it's been going on since newspapers were invented.
You're right, there's no grand plan. It's just business as usual.
Monkeypox is great for this purpose, as the visuals look horrifying. Remember, a picture is worth 1,000 words!
The reality is that medical sources state that monkeypox is not very infectious and does not spread easily between people. Search on your favorite medical sites for details.
Yes, any infectious disease is serious, especially with the potential spread due to global travel. But it doesn't deserve the level of fear that the media is pushing.
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BryanFazekas wrote: Sure there is -- fear sells.
Sells what though?
BryanFazekas wrote: You're right, there's no grand plan. It's just business as usual.
Okay, we're on the same page. I can plausibly believe that something like social entropy leads to the decay of trust and the erosion of institutions, and that said vacuum is usually filled with tyrants. But that's not orchestration - conspiracy.
BryanFazekas wrote: Monkeypox is great for this purpose, as the visuals look horrifying. Remember, a picture is worth 1,000 words!
That explains the media's obsession with it. But not any notion that it's manufactured. In fact, it would be a poor substitute for COVID as pandemics go as it doesn't spread nearly as well nor is it as deadly as covid was. It's relatively speaking, mild, despite the sensationalism in the media.
But I'm not really speaking about the media - which is predictably banal and behaves like an attention starved child.
I'm speaking about the notion that this virus was concocted by some nefarious actors to further some agenda.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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honey the codewitch wrote: Sells what though?
Mostly advertising, but also market share, as each service competes with its brethren.
honey the codewitch wrote: But not any notion that it's manufactured. In fact, it would be a poor substitute for COVID as pandemics go as it doesn't spread nearly as well nor is it as deadly as covid was. It's relatively speaking, mild, despite the sensationalism in the media.
Yes, it is mild, but only because you are thinking. Far too many people are reacting to the pictures and not thinking.
As public traumas go, this one is unlikely to last as the reality is minor, but it fills in until something else comes along.
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