Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

On Mon, 07 May 2018 21:54:48 +0200 deloptes wrote: Hello deloptes, >years it dropped, because of this. USA and UK started first, so it must >be more than 10y there ... or they do not produce anything at all - Here in the UK, almost as long as I can remember. It even

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

Brad Rogers wrote: > Hardly unique;  USA, UK, etc, etc. (ad nauseam) do the same thing. well Germany was delivering always a good quality, but in the past couple of years it dropped, because of this. USA and UK started first, so it must be more than 10y there ... or they do not produce anything

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

On 2018-05-07, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 5/6/18, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> On Sunday, May 06, 2018 04:57:13 PM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >>> On Sun, May 06, 2018 at 09:19:24PM +0200, Hans wrote: >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> > Check also the elkos, if

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

On Sun, May 06, 2018 at 02:36:50PM -0400, Thomas George wrote: > Box is between two tables but managed to remove side cover and with > mirror confirmed green light on motherboard. Unplugged power cord, > green light goes out, reconnected power, green light on and power > switch works, BIOS message

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

On Mon, 07 May 2018 08:14:05 +0200 deloptes wrote: Hello deloptes, >1/3 or 2/3 of it is made in Germany. So that's why it works so well - >they produce in China, package or add some few parts in Germany and >voilla - they sell it as made in Germany. Hardly unique; USA, UK,

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

Gene Heskett wrote: > FWIW, its been 55 of those years since I last saw a Telefunken radio so I > have no clue what safety pressure release mechanism is used by the > German speakers electrolytics today, but on our side of the small pond > that laps at out right coast, the cans are scored on top

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

On Sunday 06 May 2018 23:10:54 Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 5/6/18, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Sunday, May 06, 2018 04:57:13 PM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> On Sun, May 06, 2018 at 09:19:24PM +0200, Hans wrote: > >> > >> [...] > >> > >> > Check also the elkos, if they

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

On 5/6/18, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, May 06, 2018 04:57:13 PM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> On Sun, May 06, 2018 at 09:19:24PM +0200, Hans wrote: >> >> [...] >> >> > Check also the elkos, if they are blown thick, they are also a problem. >> >> ^

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

On Sunday, May 06, 2018 04:57:13 PM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, May 06, 2018 at 09:19:24PM +0200, Hans wrote: > > [...] > > > Check also the elkos, if they are blown thick, they are also a problem. > > ^ electrolytic capacitors, for you non-German speakers > :) Thank

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

I remember changing the cmos battery some years ago. Maybe time to do it again. No storms preceding, during and after the described failure. Ups shuts down system after 30 seconds if there is a power failure. On 05/06/2018 05:02 PM, songbird wrote: Thomas George wrote: ... Box is between

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

Thomas George wrote: ... > Box is between two tables but managed to remove side cover and with > mirror confirmed green light on motherboard. Unplugged power cord, green > light goes out, reconnected power, green light on and power switch > works, BIOS message Asus surge protection shut system

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, May 06, 2018 at 09:19:24PM +0200, Hans wrote: [...] > Check also the elkos, if they are blown thick, they are also a problem. ^ electrolytic capacitors, for you non-German speakers :) - -- t -BEGIN PGP

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

Concur with this statement. Anything older than 7 years is on borrowed time for consumer-grade hardware. Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com), Swiss-based encrypted email. Original Message On May 6, 2018, 12:44, Dan Purgert wrote: > Thomas George wrote: >> [...] >>

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

Thomas George composed on 2018-05-06 14:36 (UTC-0400): > Box is between two tables but managed to remove side cover and with > mirror confirmed green light on motherboard. Unplugged power cord, green > light goes out, reconnected power, green light on and power switch > works, BIOS message

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

Thomas George wrote: > [...] > My records show I assembled this box from components in 2008. Should I > be worried? Expected lifetimes of cpu, mb, power supply? > 10 years is a good long time. Most bits you can figure 7-10 years on average. -- |_|O|_| Registered Linux user #585947 |_|_|O|

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

Am Sonntag, 6. Mai 2018, 20:36:50 CEST schrieb Thomas George: Check the BIOS-Battery. It might be low of voltage and might thus have interferes with the bios, so that the "start" command was not correctly seen. Check also the elkos, if they are blown thick, they are also a problem. If there is

Re: Dead computer after system shutdown. - Resolved for Now

Box is between two tables but managed to remove side cover and with mirror confirmed green light on motherboard. Unplugged power cord, green light goes out, reconnected power, green light on and power switch works, BIOS message Asus surge protection shut system down because of unstable power