oh, man... WAS: Re:is my power supply failing?

[Madison Kelly]

> Well, as to whether it helped...  a little hard to say.  I managed to
> generate another crash by running my dvd player & compiling a kernel; I
> watched the cpu temp rocket up and the voltages move further off their
> marks, and decided I really needed a new PSU right away.  SO I just cycled
> down & bought a medium-priced one -- perhaps not an ideal choice -- and
> switched them out...  and voila!  I've produced an absolutley screwed up
> system.  THe mystem starts to boot, gets to the memory check, finishes it,
> and then... nothing.  can't get into BIOS or anything.  I tried the old
> PSU
> and it doesn'twork.  I'm wondering if I've forgotten something fundamental
> but can't think of anything (well, that's the definition of 'forget',
> isn't
> it...).  The main power is plugged in properly, the HD's are powered on...
> is there anything else?  The CPU is recognied, as is the memory -- what
> else
> would prevent me from getting into BIOS?
>
> anyway, sorry to start moving OT, I'm just a bit panicky & depressed (is
> that possible?) about this.
>
> In German there's a special word for this: "verschlimbessern" hwich means
> "to break something further by trying to fix it".  I use that word more
> often than I wouldl ike to.
>
> matt

Check this out and see if yours match at all:

http://www.auroracomputer.ca/bad_capacitors.htm

Those type of caps should always be perfectly flat on their top.

Madison


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