john lewis wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Ah the dreaded bulging caps, I've lost count of the number of mobo's &
PSU's I've lost because of this at work !!
Brian
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The views expressed here are my own and not necessarily
the views of Portsmouth College
