Hmmmm, sounds like a computer of 7-8 years young. Hardware components back in those days are vulnerable to the "capacitor plague"[0]. Simply put, inferior electrolytic capacitors may be in use for motherboards, as well as other cards. You can have a look at the electrolytic capacitors on the boards to see if they are bulging or leaking. It might also be a good idea to have a look inside the power supply as well, since they too are vulnerable to this problem (of course, turn off, unplug and discharge the PSU before doing this, and open the PSU yourself at your own risk).
Bill [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague On 12/08/07, Edwin Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi David. > > Not sure about the issues, it seems to be a physical issue rather > than a software issue. Saying that, somehow the bios may have been > corrupted... > > Anyway, a good computer store in the inner west is on the corner of > Salisbury rd and Bridge St in Stanmore. Friendly guys who generally > know quite a bit (at least from my experience). can't remember the > name sorry. Hope this helps. > > Edwin > > > > On 12/08/2007, at 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Send slug mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of slug digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Old PC Booting Issues (Hardware) (D.V.Rogers) > > > > From: D.V.Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 11 August 2007 11:35:54 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [SLUG] Old PC Booting Issues (Hardware) > > > > > > I have an old AMD K6400 running Red Hat 6.2. > > > > It is an I/O control box which was set up years ago for switching > > 24dvc relays for an art installation. Just recently I have wanted to > > get it working again to test out a few things. Unfortunately will NOT > > send a video signal out. > > > > Hardrive appears to be running fine (I can hear it). Reseated all > > connections throughout but still NO signal to a monitor. Could be the > > video card? Could be the motherboard? I have noticed that the CPU fan > > is not running. > > > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.. > > > > Its been a while since I have used a computer shop. Can anyone > > recommend somewhere in the Inner West or Newtown for hardware support? > > Maybe someone might have and old cpu and motherboard with ISA bus > > slots they would be willing part for a few dollars? > > > > With Much Thanks > > > > David > > > > -- > > D.V.Rogers > > > > PO Box 882 > > Strawberry Hills > > NSW, 2012 > > Sydney, Australia > > > > +61 (0)413008898 > > > > http://allshookup.org/parkfield > > > > > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
