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On 16 Feb 2009, at 17:30, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> writes: |
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>> Do the easy thing first. Clean your case, reseat all cards and |
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>> memory modules and check all caps while doing so. Any of them |
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>> deformed? The 'head' going up? Strange stuff around its feet? |
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>> Congratulation, you need new hardware. |
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> Sorry to be a numb skull here but what do you mean by `caps' |
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Capacitors. |
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http://images.google.com/images?&q=bad%20capacitors |
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But don't rely on this - a component can fail fail without it being |
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visible. |
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IME the most common cure for nonspecific hardware failures is |
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replacing the PSU, but in your case I would also swap out the graphics |
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card early. |
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Stroller. |
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