The CDROM is the most probably suspect in this case. Also check the BIOS setting for the channel the CDROM drive is on.
Also check all connectors for improper contact. -Naren On 26 Jan 2002, Tathagata Banerjee wrote: > very sorry to ask this almost completely off-topic thing here. but this > forum comprises of the only techies i know, and we have almost exhausted > our local resources. > a next-door friend of mine bought an assembled pc (p-iii 866mhz, 256 > megs@133 mhz, 815-EEA2 mboard with integrated sound and graphics, 20 > gigs seagate etc.) six months ago. this machine has very recently > developed the habit of shutting itself down at random intervals, and the > only queue (and even that only occasional) we have been able even to > remotely associate with these incidents is the insertion/access of a > cdrom in the cd drive. after the shutdown occurs, it's no use pressing > the power switch. nothing happens. the main power supply must be > switched off and then on again before the thing can be started anew. > naturally, we thought it had something to do with the 235-watt smps > (power supply). we changed it, but that solved nothing. then we thought > of changing the IDE cables. but still the problem remained. now we've > used up almost all kinds of local expertise (mostly quack), and my > friend can't afford to call in the really-really professionals, like, > people from compaq or wherever. and in the meantime the smalltime crook > (as the fellow later really turned out to be) who sold the thing to my > friend, winded up his business and vanished (and is now on the calcutta > police's 'wanted' list). > so folks, do you guys have any idea at all what this thing might be? > it's switching on and off so fast that he's seriously thinking of > renting it out to the local disco, for use as a strobe light :-) > the machine's running Windows Me. of course, that's the immediate > solution that comes to one's head - "what's unexpected with microsoft > products crashing hardware?" i hear you ask. but in this case the > computer doesn't need any help from the os. it's managing to die quite > efficiently on its own. in fact, the shutdown occured once even when the > disk was feshly formatted and there was no os on it and i inserted a > cdrom just for testing purposes. > > - tathagata > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
