Hi Walter, > It will boot past the Grub choices (LInpus or Ubuntu) and into the OS > or the memtest but dies after about 10 seconds. Â In the memtest it > commences the test but soon falls over. Â Likewise if I try to boot an > OS from a usb stick. > > My suspicion is obviously a memory failure but could it be otherwise?
Could it be the CPU shuts down from over heating? I've not experienced that so I don't know how well it would match the symptoms. What if you make it stop at the grub stage so it's waiting for you to select a menu item, does it last longer then? Has it been in a dusty environment so fans and vents could have got blocked, impairing cooling? Cheers, Ralph.
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