On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 04:46:39PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 08 August 2006 11:39, Wulfy wrote: > > > I have a similar problem. During the recent very hot weather here in > > the UK, my box kept crashing. So I had to reboot a lot. I noticed that > > when I hit the power switch, it didn't always "catch", the power supply > > and fan started but the boot sequence didn't start. I had to power off > > and on again. Then for some routine maintenance, when I shut the > > machine down, it didn't power off... just to the black screen and the > > fans still running. When I reboot, it gets to the point of the keyboard > > lights flashing then stops screen powered down (light flashing rather > > than on) and I have to power off with the switch and power on again. > > Power supply can't provide enough juice to get started. I should seriously > consider replacing that power supply with something with 50w or 100w more > maximum output to get around that. Replacing the power supply will also make > the components last longer: I've seen machines give up the ghost from trying > to power on with too little juice too many times. > > I have a feeling your situation has more to do with a hardware addition that > happened or an aging power supply rather than a kernel upgrade. >
I've also seen very similar behavior from a failing motherboard. intermittent crashing, failing to POST and boot on power up etc. all of it intermittent and unpredictable. finally it wouldn't POST at all... process of elimination gets me a new motherboard. weee... A
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