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meino.cramer@×××.de writes: |
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> ...shot in the dark: |
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> Remove as much as possible of the cards, addons, connections etc |
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> from the PC ... make in as much "bare bone" as possible. |
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Done already. |
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> Check All coolers (the little ones also) for dust. Remove all |
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> dust even if it is not completly covered with it. |
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They are clean. |
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> Dont forget the internals of the power supply. Detach all cables. |
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> Remove the power supply. Go outside ;) and blow the dust inside away. |
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I did not remove it yet... but if it's a temperature problem, it should |
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not happen right after 30 seconds, when Grub already fails. |
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The voltages reported in the BIOS are okay, but I don't know it this |
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information is accurate and reliable. |
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> Put the power supply back into the PC again an attach the cables. |
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If I only could find a spare one... I have it, but I don't know where. |
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> Remove all RAM, carefully clean the contacts, insert as less RAM as |
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> possible. |
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Did that, using only 4 of 16 GB, and I switched the modules. |
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> Remove even the HD if it is possible to get into the BIOS |
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> without any HD attached. |
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I also did that, only the CD-ROM is attached. |
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> Remove the BIOS battery, wait at least a day and insert it again. |
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That's worth a try. My old PC had a jumper which I could short circuit |
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to instantly drain it, not sure if this was normal. |
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> Start the PC and go directly into the BIOS. Check the date/time. |
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> If it shows the current date/time, the battery wasn't removed |
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> long enough. Check the battery voltage. Reinsert the battery. |
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> If your board has a BIOS reset: Reset the BIOS. |
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> Then: In the BIOS enter a page which "does something" |
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> (reports continously temperatures for example). |
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> If this is possible, let the PC run for a |
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> while that BIOS page and see, whether it |
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> hangs again or not. |
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Okay, I will do this. |
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> If all went fine, add ONE component and try it again. |
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> Add the HD at last to sort out hardware from software bugs... |
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Nah, I cannot even boot from my USB stick any more. I don't have a boot |
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partition on my hard drive, so it is not involved there. |
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> May be one of the components and not the CPU or motherboard |
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> causes the problem and you will be able to identify it by |
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> this procedure... |
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I hope it's the power supply, this would mean the least effort. I'd |
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simply buy a new one, and I would not have to think about what board or |
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which CPU I would like to get. |
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> HTH! |
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> GOOD LUCK! |
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Thanks! I can need it. |
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Wonko |
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