Motherboards

Welcome to mobo land

 * this is about how to test motherboards.


 * there is some knowledge needed to test motherboards properly.

here is a list of commands I think one should know. (besides the basics)

You use this command to mount devices. Like a hard drive or a floppy disk. Some knowledge of the /dev directory is needed but not a whole lot. have fun. mount /dev/fd0 /place/in/file/system/to/mount/device ^                                  /|\                                    |  this is most of the time /mnt/floppy if you type " umount /dev/fd0 " after that command you would unmount the device from the file system.
 * mount(8)

This is a very nifty command. It tells all. As in it tells every thing about your system (well most of the time). it is used with the command less(1) a lot. At least with me  or grep. Try and type: dmesg | less or                        dmesg | grep hdc  # to see what device is attached to /dev/hdc TRY IT it's fun.
 * dmesg(8)

So You have all the parts and a knoppix disk.
If you have never booted from a live linux cd or knoppix now is the time to learn. After the system POSTs you will be met by a command prompt it will say some where to press F2 or F3 for a cheat sheet, feel free to do so. or you could just type: knoppix 2 then enter. That command well boot the system into run level 2 which is short for start the system with out the X server.
 * First make sure everything is pluged in yeah.

hint: use dmesg
 * next check if the system can see all the hardware and anything else you pluged into it.


 * well, what if?

What if what!! It should work right RIGHT! Not all the time is right sometimes It just doesn't work.

hint number two: check for bad capacitor. what are bad caps?? well google it or ask Dave Haskins ;), but most if the time if it doesn't work then it just doesn't work.