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On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:59:12 +0930 |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> I hear a bios beep, and that's it. |
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> Maybe it's a MBoard issue? Maybe a video card issue? Hmmm, I don't |
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> want to replace the whole lot! |
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Ever hear of a POST code? if not, look up the post codes for your |
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bios / motherboard and you may be able to get a head start on diagnosis |
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there. |
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>> Often power supplies will run ok can then glitch causing a |
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>> reboot. It cannot hurt to swap the power supply to see if that |
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>> fixes the random reboots.... |
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This happens sometimes with cheap power supplies, it's true. One |
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temporary and inconsistant solution is to remove all unnecessary power |
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suckers, like hds, case fans (which evidently do nothing for you |
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anyway) and cdrom. That might get it working, but not for long no |
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doubt. |
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>the system is a bit strange. Sometimes it shows a CPU clock of |
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>2999MHz, |
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>sometimes 3000MHz; sometimes the RAM shows DDR398, sometimes DDR400. |
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>It's always the same for one particular run of memtest, but sometimes |
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>changes between boots. |
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Wow, that is wierd. Have you tried looking for BIOS updates? |
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