On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 05:02:27PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> It's that trusty TuxTops box again.
>
> Two things I've noticed in the past few days:
>
> - Slight adjustments of the power cord cause the box to switch in and
> out of battery / AC modes. This is accompanied by a high-frequency
> squealing sound, and logs APM events to system logs (which I monitor
> via xconsole on xrootconsole.
>
> - The built-in keyboard appears to have cut out. I can plug in a
> Happy Hacker keyboard into the side port and enter commands. On
> rebooting, the system didn't respond to keypresses.
>
> I'm inclined to pop the box open and look for any visibly loose
> connectors. Not sure what the proscribed surgical techniques are, the
> accompanying manual doesn't address disassembly.
>
> Thoughts?
Check for traces lifting off the PCB near the solder joint where the
connector is attached. A pair of speakers had the problem with the AC
power connector, where moving the connector would make or break the
connection.
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