Re: [Hampshire] [HARDWARE] Dead PC

2011-01-12 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 12 January 2011 09:52:43 Ian Park wrote: > On 12/01/11 08:42, Bob Dunlop wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, Jan 11 at 07:43, Adam John Trickett wrote: > >> On Tuesday 11 Jan 2011 19:24:57 Jonathan Hudson wrote: > 1) It would sometimes bring up the BIOS page complaining about changed >

Re: [Hampshire] [HARDWARE] Dead PC

2011-01-12 Thread Ian Park
On 12/01/11 08:42, Bob Dunlop wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jan 11 at 07:43, Adam John Trickett wrote: >> On Tuesday 11 Jan 2011 19:24:57 Jonathan Hudson wrote: 1) It would sometimes bring up the BIOS page complaining about changed settings (that have not changed) on power up. >>> >>> BIOS ba

Re: [Hampshire] [HARDWARE] Dead PC

2011-01-12 Thread Bob Dunlop
Hi, On Tue, Jan 11 at 07:43, Adam John Trickett wrote: > On Tuesday 11 Jan 2011 19:24:57 Jonathan Hudson wrote: > > > 1) It would sometimes bring up the BIOS page complaining about changed > > > settings (that have not changed) on power up. > > > > BIOS battery needs replacing ... > > A "CR2032"

Re: [Hampshire] [HARDWARE] Dead PC

2011-01-11 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 11 January 2011 19:43, Adam John Trickett wrote: > On Tuesday 11 Jan 2011 19:24:57 Jonathan Hudson wrote: >> On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:14:36 + >> >> Adam John Trickett wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have two near identical Digital Network UK desktop systems bought in >> > 2005. Mine gets used mo

Re: [Hampshire] [HARDWARE] Dead PC

2011-01-11 Thread Adam John Trickett
On Tuesday 11 Jan 2011 19:24:57 Jonathan Hudson wrote: > On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:14:36 + > > Adam John Trickett wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have two near identical Digital Network UK desktop systems bought in > > 2005. Mine gets used more than the other and has been reliable up until > > the las

Re: [Hampshire] [HARDWARE] Dead PC

2011-01-11 Thread Adam John Trickett
On Tuesday 11 Jan 2011 19:20:59 Vic wrote: > > Any obvious suggestions before I buy another box and strip this one for > > parts? > > Try a different PSU. > Examine the board for capacitors with bulging lids. > Re-seat everything you can re-seat (RAM is probably the most important). > Memtest86+.

Re: [Hampshire] [HARDWARE] Dead PC

2011-01-11 Thread Jonathan Hudson
On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:14:36 + Adam John Trickett wrote: > Hi, > > I have two near identical Digital Network UK desktop systems bought in 2005. > Mine gets used more than the other and has been reliable up until the last > few > days, when it has started to behave oddly. > > 1) It would

Re: [Hampshire] [HARDWARE] Dead PC

2011-01-11 Thread Vic
> Any obvious suggestions before I buy another box and strip this one for > parts? Try a different PSU. Examine the board for capacitors with bulging lids. Re-seat everything you can re-seat (RAM is probably the most important). Memtest86+. Ring me :-) Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman

[Hampshire] [HARDWARE] Dead PC

2011-01-11 Thread Adam John Trickett
Hi, I have two near identical Digital Network UK desktop systems bought in 2005. Mine gets used more than the other and has been reliable up until the last few days, when it has started to behave oddly. 1) It would sometimes bring up the BIOS page complaining about changed settings (that have