On Sat, 08 Jan 2000 14:35:51 +0000, "Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 02:08:51 +0100, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
<snipped what I wrote about my PC's behavior under temperature extremes>
> I'd suspect a
> capacitor on the blink on the motherboard, probably in the reset
> circuit. It could also possibly be the "Power-Good" signal
> coming from the power supply, since that is used in the reset
> circuit on the motherboard. In either case, probably and
> electrolytic capacitor is succumbing to the 'extreme' cold and
> perhaps holding the CPU or the whole system in reset.
> May be worth a look on the motherboard or in the power supply
> before condemning the system, perhaps.
> Hope this helps!
> Ron.
OK, thanks a lot for the suggestion Ron. I'll certainly check this out
when I get around to it. I would suppose that the "power good" signal
is OK because my hard drive always spins up immediately, and it remains
spinning even after a crash condition occurs.
Sam
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