OT: Hardware troubleshooting

[Peter]

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, William O'Higgins wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 11:54:03PM +0300, Peter wrote:
>>
>> Turn on smart and look at the log. My hunch is it will be lit red like a
>> nice sunset. You can run smartctl on the drive from external boot media
>> (e.g. knoppix live cd).
>
> I had SMART turned on, and the logs are clear - I booted off a knoppix
> disc (which work just fine) and fsck'ed my discs, and everything seems
> tickety-boo.  The drives mounted fine, the data is all intact, and I
> could find no problems.  This computer runs just fine (it's what I'm
> logged into to send this email), but it doesn't boot so well.  I turned
> it off after pulling the knoppix disc, and it took a while to cool off
> before it would boot again.
>
> Could a power supply problem only affect a system when it is booting?
> Similarly, could a bad HD controller or be cranky when warm and booting,
> but not cool and booting?

After this I would asy, swap the power supply for a new one and see what 
happens. A no-name psu is about $25. Make sure you get the right type.

Peter
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