Aaron Burt wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 09:42:47AM -0800, Tim Wescott wrote: > >> Aaron Burt wrote: >> >>> Blank screen, or what? Yes, the blinking lights are kernel panic. >>> > > >> Everything freezes in place -- no screen blank. Then the lights start >> blinking and I start cussing. >> > > Ook. > > >> I suspect that it's time for a new motherboard and/or processor -- I >> just wish I had a way to tell which one without buying lots of parts to >> swap. A Freegeek used processor may be in this system's near future, >> though. >> > > Not a bad idea. No capacitors with the top domed out, then? > No -- all the caps look just peachy keen.
The computer in question has spend serious time at elevated temperatures, so dried out caps is certainly a possibility. I suppose at this point I could just swap them on general principals and see, given that what we have now isn't useful for much. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services Voice: 503-631-7815 Cell: 503-349-8432 http://www.wescottdesign.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
