It Could also be Caps on the Motherboard. It is relative to check this. Open the case and if see Caps with a bulge on the mother board you'll have to replace the caps or the whole mother board/. Jeffrey Dean Moncrieff [email protected]
On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:53:13 PM, Bill Strosberg <[email protected]> wrote: On 13-11-20 02:40 PM, Shawn H Corey wrote: > On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:13:33 -0700 > "Jean-Francois Messier" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That makes much sense to >> me...........................................:-) >> >> JF >> --- >> Le code source libre c'est l'ouverture de l'esprit. >> Open Source is open minded. >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Hardware Problems >> From: Stephen Gregory <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, November 20, 2013 1:12 pm >> To: Shawn H Corey <[email protected]> >> Cc: Ottawa Linux Users Group <[email protected]> >> >> Sounds like a bad power supply. >> > Well, I never took a power supply apart before. Anything special I > should watch out for? > > Generally, there are a couple large capacitors that are cooked. The cans look a little "overinflated". They aren't hard to change - but in reality it isn't worth doing. A good replacement supply is $50 or so. If a power supply is questionable at all it isn't worth taking a chance. The caps can retain power for a while, so shorting them can be ... shocking. -- Bill _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
