BCM450 restarting over again!

[Scottg30]

Hi,

I have a BCM450 which keeps failing to startup. The lights turn on and cycle through the relevant lights but then it goes Orange/orange and restarts the sequence. Is this a HDD issue or something else?

Help


Thanks

 

[Firebird Scrambler]

Please read other threads that I've done on this problem. As you have a BCM 450, I'm fairly certain that the circuit board that sites in the middle of the chassis, connecting up the power unit, motherboard and modules has got bad connections that go hr when heated up.

I've now know of 3 sites this year that have all had the same fault. If you are lucky, just replace the part or chassis and swap out the Hard Disk / Motherboard as it is all housed together on the front. That way, you won't need to migrate the keycodes.

All the best

Firebird Scrambler
Meridian 1 / Succession and BCM / Norstar Programmer in the UK

http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbromley

If it's working, then leave it alone!.

 

[Scottg30]

I have ordered a new HDD, will this resolve the issue then or not?

 

[Firebird Scrambler]

No, unless your hard disk has failed. I've only had one 450 go faulty. To prove my point, leave the BCM powered down for a while and cool the dodgy part down. Power it up again and it might last a couple of hours before it gets hot again and starts rebooting.

All the best

Firebird Scrambler
Meridian 1 / Succession and BCM / Norstar Programmer in the UK

http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbromley

If it's working, then leave it alone!.

 

[snowman50]

Change out the Power unit.

Most off the time it will be the power unit.

 

[telcodog]

It is definitely the power supply as snowman says. I've changed so many of those things in the last year I can do it in my sleep.

Those symptoms are classic signs. I just did one yesterday.

 

[Scottg30]

will a BCM400 PSU work?

 

[Scottg30]

are any of you near northampton and have a spare one?

 

[telcodog]

Yes, the 450 uses the universal power supply (unless it has redundant power). This is the same supply that's used in the old tower PCs.

 

[KE407122]

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I agree, it is the Power Supply.



KE407122

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