I left my machine alone for a while and when I came back I tried to move the mouse. The pointer would not move. I look at the clock, the clock did not increase count. I look down at the case, the hard disk activity light is permanently on. Oh no, the freezes are back.
As usual, nothing in the logs to give me a clue of where the problem is.
It did last the entire weekend (since I last posted a "SOLVED" email to Slug (that should teach me for posting too early)) but it's back.
Any other suggestions? It has one other defect where you sometimes have to press the reset button a number of times before you actually get video output which leads me to believe maybe it is the motherboard.
Thanks guys. Sorry about the hassle.
Regards, Gonzalo
On 9/08/2003 7:24 PM +1000, Kevin Saenz wrote:
Hi All,
Thanks very much to everyone who had their input on my problem. The problem was indeed the power supply. It's been running for 1 day and 6 hours so far without a crash so I'm pretty certain (touch wood) that it's fixed.
I learnt a few things from this problem:
1. It's not good to be a tight arse when it comes to hardware. Instead of buying a 400W PSU, I went for the 320W because it was cheaper and I thought it should be plenty. So what happened was I had to return the 320W but of course after a week you can't take it back (refund policy) so I now have a 400W and a 320W... and you know where I can stick the 320W? Good thing I had a box with a missing PSU so it's not such a waste.
2. The amazing effect a PSU without enough power can have on a system. It's scary to think that if nobody mentioned it could be the PSU I would have never figured it out. I wonder how somebody came to the conclusion that it's the PSU.
3. Athlons (in combination with this GA-7N400-L1 mobo) love power.
I think that's about it. :) Again, thanks to all that replied. Lookout uptime, I'm back!
Regards, Gonzalo
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