our HA 24/7 miniITX has been fine for ages - until today …
it's an EPIA EK 10000G, and the screen is blank and its making a very regular ticking noise at something like 0.6s intervals …
the noise is a bit like something light is catching a slowish fan …
first thought was that the hard-drive had failed in some way …
we've had the lid off & lifted the DVD & HD drives out (still connected) and removed the IVC 200G camera digitiser card (no longer connected), so we can see & hear things separately …
both the CPU & power supply fans seem to be running normally …
the DVD drive was uncooperative, until we unplugged its IDE cable, after which pushing its button did eject its disc …
we can hear the (SATA) HD drive whirring normally …
in other words, the clicking noise has to be coming from the buzzer on the motherboard (reflections make it difficult to locate the sound but, having separated things, it’s clear this is the case - putting a finger onto the buzzer makes it quieter, too) ...
we reconnected the DVD drive & tried removing the RAM card - no change, still the clicking …
lots of Googling, yields no clues …
so, please, any ideas ?
Chris
it's an EPIA EK 10000G, and the screen is blank and its making a very regular ticking noise at something like 0.6s intervals …
the noise is a bit like something light is catching a slowish fan …
first thought was that the hard-drive had failed in some way …
we've had the lid off & lifted the DVD & HD drives out (still connected) and removed the IVC 200G camera digitiser card (no longer connected), so we can see & hear things separately …
both the CPU & power supply fans seem to be running normally …
the DVD drive was uncooperative, until we unplugged its IDE cable, after which pushing its button did eject its disc …
we can hear the (SATA) HD drive whirring normally …
in other words, the clicking noise has to be coming from the buzzer on the motherboard (reflections make it difficult to locate the sound but, having separated things, it’s clear this is the case - putting a finger onto the buzzer makes it quieter, too) ...
we reconnected the DVD drive & tried removing the RAM card - no change, still the clicking …
lots of Googling, yields no clues …
so, please, any ideas ?
Chris
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