[olug] Hardware Mooch

[Carl Lundstedt]

I'd replace the power supply and then memtest.

The last time I had a short and power surge it took out my ram.

Carl Lundstedt
UNL
> Ditto.  Sounds like a OSU cap blew.
> 
> On Jul 28, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Brady Cox wrote:
> 
> > Personally, I'd test the power supply first.
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:40 AM, <bugs.moran at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I am one of the Lincoln people that keeps up on this list.  
> >> Recently, the
> >> smoke tried very hard to get out of my computer, but somehow didn't  
> >> quite
> >> manage it. The PC made a noise indistinguishable from a big moth  
> >> hitting a
> >> bug zapper. Since then, the computer has run at what I would call a
> >> somewhat degraded quality. It locks up frequently, and usually  
> >> resumes
> >> function after a bit. Sometimes it reboots instead.
> >>
> >> Anyway, I would like to troubleshoot this to see what exactly  
> >> happened. In
> >> order to do so, I would like to get ahold of a socket 939  
> >> motherboard and
> >> processor. If you can help with either, please let me know.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> John Moran
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