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. -- #define X(x,y) x##y Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X([EMAIL PROTECTED] , ns.ca) "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BCE
