Lembit Soobik
lembit.dbamail at t-online.de
Mon Oct 15 11:07:23 CDT 2007
Thanks, Bryan, have now checked al the capacitors. man that are quite a lot! but they look perfectly ok. so at least that' ok. Lembit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Carbonnell" <carbonnb at gmail.com> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Operating System not found > On 10/15/07, Lembit Soobik <lembit.dbamail at t-online.de> wrote: >> ok, now dont tell me computers have no soul or life of their own or an >> own >> will ;) >> >> exchanged the power cables back, and it is working fine still. >> so explain this: >> - the PC works ok yesterday till afternoon >> - then all of a sudden, it wont start (Operating system not found), >> checked >> it with 3 different HDs that all work. >> on all of these Acronis can see the disk and the directories on it. >> this morning again the same. >> - disconnect 1 pair of HDs and it works >> - exchange power connections and reconnect the HDs - still works >> - reexchange power connections, so its the same wiring and everything as >> yesterday afternoon and this morning, >> and the system still works fine. nothing is different from yesterday when >> it >> didnt work. >> >> and now, how do I find the problem???? > > My suggestion is to carefully check all the capacitors on the > Motherboard to make sure there are no burst one. > > The Motherboard I just replaced was flakey. It would work then it > wouldn't. I could boot windows, then I couldn't. It would run for > hours then reboot after only a minute or two of use. > > Turns out the MoBo had 11 or 12 burst or bulging capacitors. I guess > it took a power spike somewhere even though it was on UPS with power > conditioning. > > -- > Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com > Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well > preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, > shouting "What a great ride!" > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.10/1070 - Release Date: > 14.10.2007 09:22 > >