My Central needs serviced

I bought a used central off of ebay a little while back and it will no longer boot up. Does anyone know where I can send the unit to get it repaired? Rio informed me that they no longer manufacture the unit so because it is not under warranty they can't fix it. I really need help here.

Thank you
Kevin

You must be from Pittsburgh, where else do they drop the "to be"?

Have you opened it to see if there's an obvious issue?

Hi Kevin,
I had a problem with the IDE cable in one of my Centrals that prevented the unit from booting up. Of course, it was my fault for swapping the hard drive in and out a few times.

If I were you, I'd try another hard drive and use the original CD that came with the unit and initialize it to see if that might be the problem...Otherwise, please post some additional symptoms and we can help you with some badic troubleshooting....Thanks, Randy

I opened it up and already checked for obvious problems. Tried a new IDE cable. I also checked my voltage from the power supply to be certain that it was working corectly. I get no action at all when I power the unit up. No blue screen, no ability to eject cds, nothing.

I am originally from Pittsburgh, but now I live in Savannah, GA.

Kevin

Hi Kevin,
Just to make sure I understand what you're saying, when you turn on the power switch there's no indication of any power being applied to the unit? No red LEDs on the motherboard, no sound from the hard drive, etc?

And the power supply voltages checked out okay?

Thanks, Randy

I'd have to pull the cover off again but there are some red leds lighting up. The peculiar thing is that when I was checking it out and powering it on and off several times I noticed that different ones lit up the different times. Anyhow I figured those were diagnostics but because I have no troubleshooting guide nor any spare parts I really can't put that knowledge to work. What should I do from here if not send it somewhere to be repaired?
Thank You
Kevin

Quote:
You must be from Pittsburgh, where else do they drop the "to be"?

I've re-read that a few times... where would the "to be" be used? Looks like you were right though!