The box in question has had a variety of problems in the recent past: two USB
PCI cards erratic (sometimes connecting at USB2 and sometimes connecting
identical hardware at USB1.1 speed); two optical drives (one brand new) which
I cannot access to boot.
I have: installed a new USB2 card;
Any suggestions as to what to do gratefully received!
Such problems are often indicative of power supply issues - either a
failing supply, or boiled smoothing caps.
If you can get at the board, have a look at the capacitors -
cylinder-shaped things with an aluminium top. The top will be scored
On Thursday 16 September 2010 13:05:56 Vic wrote:
Any suggestions as to what to do gratefully received!
Such problems are often indicative of power supply issues - either a
failing supply, or boiled smoothing caps.
If you can get at the board, have a look at the capacitors -
On Thursday 16 September 2010 13:05:56 Vic wrote:
Any suggestions as to what to do gratefully received!
Such problems are often indicative of power supply issues - either a
failing supply, or boiled smoothing caps.
If you can get at the board, have a look at the capacitors -
Might I take up
your offer in the first instance?
OK - I've just fired up one board. It's a WinFast 741M01C-G-6L. It's a
microATX board with a Sempron 2200+ fitted. Onboard graphics, LAN, USB
ports. Could probably do with a bit of a clean, and I'd renew the thermal
paste IIWY.
It takes DDR
Lisi wrote re an Intel D815EEA motherboard:
I have: installed a new USB2 card; installed a new optical drive; changed
the
BIOS boot order to various permutations - the BIOS always tried to boot
from
something else other than CD, even when only CD was set (it simply did
not
offer to boot
