The most common thing that happens for me is dust in the electronic connectors. Although I do live in a house with terrible dust issue.
Vacuuming the Machine will not hurt though. Greeting Till On 19.04.20 20:06, Harry Putnam wrote: > Sorry about OT topic but hoped someone here could offer helpful URLS > and such. > > My old HP xw8600 that I have been running OI one for some years has > broke down. > > I'm a bit lost at trying to repair an old HP xw8600. > > I get 5 beeps pause and repeat on attempt to boot. > > From Manuals and such I find that means a memory problem. > > I guess it would require me to remove 1 at a time and attempt to boot > to find one or more that are faulty. > > I'm a bit nervous about trying this myself. > > Ok is that one a time scenario even a real option? I wondered what > happens when you remove a mem stick... will a boot be > possible..... even with all but one removed? > > Also curious if parts are even available for older HP xw8600 > manufactured in 2008. > > The helpful forums that used to be on HP's own site appear to have > been redone or maybe consolidated or something... at any rate was not > able to find forum help I used several years ago there. And a posted > question about the 5 beep syndrome has gone unanswered for a week. > > Again, not looking for a discussion here only hoping for URLS or other > pointers that will help me do it myself. > > Especially would be good if someone knows someone who actual has done > such work and is willing to correspond with me. > > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
