[GTALUG] paid help to install Ubuntu 14.04 server on old workstation?

Kevin Cozens kevin at ve3syb.ca
Tue Nov 18 18:21:57 UTC 2014


On 18/11/2014 11:12 AM, Joe Murray wrote:
> I have an old workstation with an Asus P5Q motherboard, Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
> and 6 500Gb drives.
[snip]
> the power source doesn't
> sound quite normal for a few seconds after power on.

In what way does the power supply not sound normal? Does it sound like the 
bearings on the power supply fan are going and the fan needs to be replaced? 
I've had that happen with a couple of power supplies.

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