Re: [Hampshire] help needed to diagnose computer problem

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:19:46 +0100
Brian Chivers <brian@???> wrote:

> Have a look at the capacitors on the motherboard & make sure none of
> them a bulging on top as this causes problems such as you've
> described.

There is one that looks less flat than the others :-(

memtest fails very quickly and an attempt to format the hard drive as
part of a install of Lenny also caused the system to fall over.

Only one of the two memory slots seems to work as well so all in all a
replacement mother board looks like a good idea.

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John Lewis
using Debian Sid with windowmaker for a nicer desktop