On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Mark Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > I had some old dell workstations with an intrusion detection option. If I > remember correctly, all it really did was tell me that someone had opened > the case.
Not very useful if the intruder wants to hide his actions. The message I get resets when the start/stop button is pressed: shut it off, then turn it on. ... > > BTW, I vacuum out my machines every 6 months or so...my house seems to be a > breeding ground for dust bunnies. I have never had a problem restarting the > machines. I pay particular attention to cleaning the dust off the fan > blades and the heat sinks. I am surprised about all the comments against > cleaning out the dust bunnies inside a computer. I agree. Static is the only concern, and clearly you did not damage anything by using a vacuum. And excess heat is as serious a problem. > When you powered up again this morning, was the case open or closed? > Perhaps you can't start the machine with the case open without a jumper > somewhere. Just spit balling at this point. The case was open when it started this AM. Nothing was changed from the night before except the power to the machine was off overnight. This is the usual routine. When it is not in use, it is shut down and the power is off. > Another option is a heat problem with your PS. It sat all night so started > up cold. Is it still running? Electrolytic capacitors are notorious for > drying out in our climate, which means they may work when cold, and then > move out of tolerance when warm. Same for the caps on the motherboard and > in the hard drives. It has been running for a few hours, shut down, and restarted a few times since. The case is still open. > Mark Thanks for the information. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
