Hello virtanen, On 20-Aug-99, you wrote:
<snip>... v> What is PSU? PSU = Power Supply Unit. Typically found in PCs in AT or ATX formats - I think the main difference is in the MB power connector. I know they contain enough electronics to shut themselves down if they detect a short across their power-out lines. v> I think that I have to keep some break between booting again and v> shutting down... There are capacitors/condensors on the MB that will hold a charge, after full power-down. About 30 seconds is usually enough for the charges to drop to unusable levels. v> But why didn't it do it always... that power going down-behaviour? and ok with M$ :-/ It really seems to point to Debian being inconsistent. v> I'll see, if it will start working now, after putting BIOS almost v> back to 'default' settings. It seems to be the case that someone has v> made his own settings before me. There might be some other settings v> changed as well... I'll open the machine during next week. (to see if v> there is even 'overclocked' cpu) v> v> But the problem is that it was working very well with windows... v> And not consistetly with debian... v> Ironic :-/ Does your system still 'power-down' when you shut down W95? If it does, disable the W95 power management features from with W95 - probably via the Control Panel - I can't say for sure as I don't have M$ at home :-) v> v> X works now, because of the new svga-server, which seems to be v> capable for Mattrox cards. v> Good - well done. v> v> I might have beaten this beast now. v> Certainly getting an 'angle' on it. Regards, LeeE -- http://www.spatial.freeserve.co.uk
