On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 09:47:20PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 10:28:26PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > > But first I need to try to sort out my least-powered desktop box > > (the one which also runs i686 and windows) - a couple of weeks ago I > > saw log messages saying it had run backup scripts from fcron when I > > was fairly sure it had been powered off - somehow, it had turned on > > and then booted the default option in grub. The next time I tried to > > boot it, nothing until I turned off the power, fiddled about with the > > connections to no obvious effect, and then tried again. Today it is > > again not coming alive, I need to close down the intel box before I > > turn off the power. Sometimes, hardware can be a PITA and that box > > is only about 2 years old. > > > Got the new PSU, but no sign of life. Perhaps the case on/off > switch really is the problem, otherwise the motherboard must have > died. I suppose that I will eventually get more hardware (starting > with a case) to see if I can resuscitate it, but for the moment I am > not going to be building or testing for i686 - unless I do it in > qemu. > > ĸen Arghh! Ended the edit, intending to change the subject, and dropped back to a previous post in my sent-mail. Assumed I'd managed to lose it, wrote it again. Sorry for the double post.
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