Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:58:27 -0500 From: "Tsu-Fan Cheng" <tfcheng@gmail.com> To: "D G Teed" <donald.teed@gmail.com> Cc: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: hardware problem Message-ID: <f84c38580802250758v56c259behe4a855c9f49ea868@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <dd4da0390802250722l21f784bdu754f41c41e1eb511@mail.gmail.com> References: <f84c38580802250606n6edd4ee5p4da0239ec4155548@mail.gmail.com> <47C2D22F.6070609@pixelhammer.com> <dd4da0390802250722l21f784bdu754f41c41e1eb511@mail.gmail.com>
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thank you all for helping. I will reinstall my main again from scratch. one thing i want to know is that if my m-board is short somewhere, does this mean my board is damaged? or it's okay if i can find out what is wrong, and so most likely i need to buy a power supply, is that right at the moment?? thans!! TFC On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:22 AM, D G Teed <donald.teed@gmail.com> wrote: > Every system I've seen with his description of the problem, where > the power supply can't even run it's own fan, is having a power supply > problem. Power supplies are very often low quality these days and can't > handle the stresses of typical electrical grid fluctuations. Most people > who deal with hardware have a spare power supply around just for > testing as this is a very common problem. Motherboards typically > do not stop power supply fans when they can't post. > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:35 AM, DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> wrote: > > > > IMO, experience says the worst thing you can do to a computer is leave > > it sit a year running, and then move it. > > > > I would get a grounding wrist strap, open the case, remove all cards and > > memory, disconnect all hard drives, clean with a soft brush (never a > > vacuum cleaner), reseat all cards and memory, reconnect all hard drives, > > and then try to restart it. > > > > Even without a post code announcing a problem, I have fixed many "moved" > > PCs this way. > > > > DAve > > > > -- > > Google finally, after 7 years, provided a logo for > > veterans. Thank you Google. What to do with my signature now? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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