Your not shorting out the motherboard at all are you? i once had a screw from my case touching the soldering beneath my RAM, and it took me 6 weeks to figure it out! -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Berger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 3:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: [expert] OT: killed by mysterious hw-error (help!!!) > > Tom, I once had strange problems like that. I would look at the power > source. Maybe your power supply doesn't like what's coming in the power > cord? > > Jean-Michel > This is getting weirder and weirder. I exchanged the power chord (hadn't thought of that, thanks :)), now the machine spins on for three or four seconds and than turns itself off again (or fails to remain voltage? Do I look like an electrician?). Looks like there might be something like this involved here. Will try some settings. Thanks! tom > > On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Thomas Berger wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 20:28:33 +0200 (MEST) > > From: Thomas Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [expert] OT: killed by mysterious hw-error (help!!!) > > > > Hi! > > > > This is so silly, but it looks like my place is haunted. > > > > Ok: two days ago, my CPU cooler broke, so I exchanged it. Since then I was > > pestered by sudden screen blanks, resets, suspends etc. > > > > Today my computer refused to boot completely: the screen showed just 'no > > signal input'. I only once managed to get into the BIOS setup screen after > > having hit the Reset switch, but the screen blanked as soon as I tried to open > > a menu. > > > > So I tried another video card (Matrox G200 instead of a Matrox Millenium). > > Still 'no input'. > > > > Next I exchanged *the mainboard* (Gigabyte ATX for Epox ATX). Still the > > same error with the Millenium card (the Gigabyte doesn't have an AGP port). > > > > Then I tested the Millenium in my wife's computer (an old AT-Asus board of > > mine): no probs at all! (In fact I am writing this mail at it) > > > > The same with my monitor and cables: no probs at all! > > > > I tried **another ATX case**: same problem again... > > > > > > WTH is this?? How did I managed to enrage the gods of ATX? It's not the > > case, it isn't the mainboard, it isn't the video card and it isn't the > > monitor. It just doesn't work... > > > > Please, send me your wildest ideas ASAP (will be a long night anyway)!! > > > > All other business cancelled for the time being. > > > > Thanks > > > > tom (on the virge of paranoia) > > > > -- > > Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net > > > -- Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net
