Re: computer wont boot

Also check to see if any capacitors (the things that look like small cans) are
not leaking or deformed. There was a string of bad capacitors going around
for a while due to a bad batch of the liquid in them at a major electronics
manufacturer.

Note that your motherboard *may* be under warranty.

j----- k-----

On Sunday 03 October 2004 14:39, Adam Bultman wrote:
> When you heard the 'pop', did you smell the stench of burning
> electronics? Usually the 'pop' is a very bad thing. Check the
> motherboard and cards for visibly burned chips. Also check around for
> loose electrical connections - 4 or 3 pin connections hanging off, or
> even connections to drives/etc where the cable isn't all the way in to
> the connector, or in very tightly. If you get lights from the
> motherboard, you might be POSTing and not know it. If you have one, swap
> out the video card, and try again.. (I've had power cables fall, swing
> out, touch chips/conections and fry motherboards before).

-- 
Joshua Kugler
CDE System Administrator
http://distance.uaf.edu/
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