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openmedia

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#280931 20-Jan-2021 12:37

Need to diagnose a motherboard issue and I can't find mine since moving house. It is in a box somewhere, but who knows where.

There does appear to be some on trademe, but I'd like to try and pickone up asap in the Auckland area.

Any ideas?

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turtleattacks

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#2638714 20-Jan-2021 12:39

Surely PB Tech would be more than happy to sell you one?

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openmedia

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#2638723 20-Jan-2021 12:55

turtleattacks:

Surely PB Tech would be more than happy to sell you one?

Already tried with the Glenfield branch - no spares they can on-sell

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#2638753 20-Jan-2021 13:11

openmedia:

turtleattacks:

Surely PB Tech would be more than happy to sell you one?

Already tried with the Glenfield branch - no spares they can on-sell

Isn't it just a speaker and a 3 wire plug? I'm sure jaycar would have the speaker unsure about with the 3 wire. I think when I last built a machine and added a GPU to it, I had a boot issue....ripped off an old speaker from an old case to diagnose.

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#2638810 20-Jan-2021 13:28

davidcole:

Isn't it just a speaker and a 3 wire plug? I'm sure jaycar would have the speaker unsure about with the 3 wire. I think when I last built a machine and added a GPU to it, I had a boot issue....ripped off an old speaker from an old case to diagnose.

Actually just a 2 wire 5v DC speaker or buzzer.

Dumped all of my old cases about a year ago and none of the ones I've got left have speakers.

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#2639561 21-Jan-2021 13:27

Any tried to use a generic buzzer like these

I'm going to try a couple of other PC shops as I missed out on a Trademe listing for a device.

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tripper1000

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#2639610 21-Jan-2021 13:57

I can't say I've ever come across a MoBo that used a 5v buzzer instead of a speaker.

If it is a 5v buzzer you need, can you re appropriate one of the existing case LED's and just watch the light?

If it is a speaker you're after and it's just for diagnosis, I would just use a pair of head phones across the pins.

Edit: spelling.

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#2639708 21-Jan-2021 16:03

The team at Playtech in Albany are awesome. Managed to pick one up

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