Linux friendly hardware guy?

[Rob Sutherland]

Jose A. Dias writes: 

> Don't forget to check the power supply. Any time Windoze works and a
> real OS does not then you have: 
> 
> 1) memory problems
> 2) power problems
> 3) bad karma (:-) 
> 
> If the disk checks out, check the memory first, over a couple of days
> and if it complains, then check the power supply, and if that is
> correctable, then run the memory again... 
> 
> The power supply could "take the memory down" (i.e. short parts of it)
> but you could be lucky and just have a sub-standard +5V. 
> 
> Do you use an inline UPS? Any lightning recently?

I don't have a UPS, alas. This all started after the power went out and that 
has happened a couple of times - so you think replacing the power supply is 
a good thing to try? 

Rob 

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