Re: [gentoo-user] My PC died. What should I try?

[Alex Schuster]

Dale writes:

> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> Rule #1 in dealing with odd weird strange computer faults is ALWAYS
>> test with another PSU of at least twice the capacity you think you need.
>
> +1  I always start with the P/S.  Well, unless I see something else
> unrelated letting the smoke out.  Even then tho, a bad P/S can cause the
> smoke to get out of something else too.  It's good advice all the way
> around.
>
> Why not let the computer shop test the P/S?  If it blows up something of
> theirs, it's bad.  ;-)

I would have preferred to give them the whole PC, but I cannot carry 
that around easily when going to work by bus and tram, so I could drop 
it of the store when I leave work in the evening. It was easier to just 
carry mainboard and CPU in a small bag.

Well, not really true, I gave them the hardware on Friday, and on 
Saturday I could have used the car to transport the PC, but I was 
somewhat busy that day, and just didn't think about the PSU frying the 
board. And I had hoped that they would test the board right when I was 
there on Friday, so I could leave with the new one. Or with the new CPU, 
if that had turned out to be defective.

	Wonko