From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 25 15:58:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96C9C16A409 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:58:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tfcheng@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BCC313C45E for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:58:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tfcheng@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 25so971726wfa.7 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:58:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=MMcqnJrRKSDZyDeQr4BhFPTa4/QvxVMp6+v+2ArXlQs=; b=u8xlfHpjdOw6xEbgrjHcy1jGx96JcS5m1T+3hsOzqJV5Tt7/XoGVrMgicP5xjCJiJfvlA9cJWnPYlgSWsrx03Zo2iDBqjYKcEkVVPrF9MZb8ky5JiReZ8ammStBV/7oBHWPQauL+6Gh3xa8/HybavJUOkoczbLrw/R66OHmSn2A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ZZFxWccDhEhooEVXGEsrk2rvtoBMCD0J8+vmqBKb0vaYHCcl2xVSsRzaBu/3K6OlAj3YyIGDLmtYXAdmsnyd2WroUUS6MD+f805Qklsi85J6Y5mS3/XBMzpqcIQZutYZLmy4m2Gk5AJclxVHjANvri2U8ZGsx7QgqnnS/kbrCh8= Received: by 10.142.155.4 with SMTP id c4mr2412364wfe.208.1203955107786; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:58:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.143.173.2 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:58:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:58:27 -0500 From: "Tsu-Fan Cheng" To: "D G Teed" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <47C2D22F.6070609@pixelhammer.com> Cc: DAve , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: hardware problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:58:34 -0000 thank you all for helping. I will reinstall my main again from scratch. one thing i want to know is that if my m-board is short somewhere, does this mean my board is damaged? or it's okay if i can find out what is wrong, and so most likely i need to buy a power supply, is that right at the moment?? thans!! TFC On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:22 AM, D G Teed wrote: > Every system I've seen with his description of the problem, where > the power supply can't even run it's own fan, is having a power supply > problem. Power supplies are very often low quality these days and can't > handle the stresses of typical electrical grid fluctuations. Most people > who deal with hardware have a spare power supply around just for > testing as this is a very common problem. Motherboards typically > do not stop power supply fans when they can't post. > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:35 AM, DAve wrote: > > > > IMO, experience says the worst thing you can do to a computer is leave > > it sit a year running, and then move it. > > > > I would get a grounding wrist strap, open the case, remove all cards and > > memory, disconnect all hard drives, clean with a soft brush (never a > > vacuum cleaner), reseat all cards and memory, reconnect all hard drives, > > and then try to restart it. > > > > Even without a post code announcing a problem, I have fixed many "moved" > > PCs this way. > > > > DAve > > > > -- > > Google finally, after 7 years, provided a logo for > > veterans. Thank you Google. What to do with my signature now? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >