From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cardinal.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.121.226]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJ2QX-0002sE-00 for ; Sun, 09 Nov 2003 22:09:17 -0500 Received: from h-68-166-89-140.chcgilgm.covad.net ([68.166.89.140] helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by cardinal.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AJ2QQ-0006QJ-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 09 Nov 2003 19:09:10 -0800 Received: (qmail 2142 invoked by uid 1023); 10 Nov 2003 03:06:01 -0000 Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 21:06:01 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: BlindGeek007@comcast.net, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031110030601.GA2086@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20031110002117.GA1222@romuald.net.eu.org> <000001c3a733$04ccb0c0$6501a8c0@hrbinc.hrblock.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000001c3a733$04ccb0c0$6501a8c0@hrbinc.hrblock.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Cc: Subject: Re: my play box has turned into a paper weight X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 03:09:17 -0000 There have been no power spikes that I know of recently, and the machine is plugged into a surge protector. I can hear the cpu fan running, so I'm guessing that's ok. The machine is an AMD k5 133 MHz with about 40 Mb of ram, made somewhere around 1994. Thanks. Greg On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 08:33:24PM -0600, RK wrote: > Greg... > I have found that when playing with possibly broken hardware (especially > CPU, memory and motherboards) that it is anyone's guess what could cause a > particular problem. Have you had any power spikes that you know of? Is the > CPU fan operating properly, or has is failed on you recently? I would start > with the CPU fan, as it is a moving part and is most likely to fail in the > first place. How old is the box? What kind of hardware is it? > Be glad to offer any information I can to help. > > Regards, > > Ron > -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org