hardware problem

[Tsu-Fan Cheng]

thank you all for helping. I will reinstall my main again from
scratch. one thing i want to know is that if my m-board is short
somewhere, does this mean my board is damaged? or it's okay if i can
find out what is wrong, and so most likely i need to buy a power
supply, is that right at the moment?? thans!!

TFC

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:22 AM, D G Teed <donald.teed at gmail.com> wrote:
> Every system I've seen with his description of the problem, where
>  the power supply can't even run it's own fan, is having a power supply
>  problem.  Power supplies are very often low quality these days and can't
>  handle the stresses of typical electrical grid fluctuations.  Most people
>  who deal with hardware have a spare power supply around just for
>  testing as this is a very common problem.  Motherboards typically
>  do not stop power supply fans when they can't post.
>
>
>
>  On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:35 AM, DAve <dave.list at pixelhammer.com> wrote:
>  >
>  >  IMO, experience says the worst thing you can do to a computer is leave
>  >  it sit a year running, and then move it.
>  >
>  >  I would get a grounding wrist strap, open the case, remove all cards and
>  >  memory, disconnect all hard drives, clean with a soft brush (never a
>  >  vacuum cleaner), reseat all cards and memory, reconnect all hard drives,
>  >  and then try to restart it.
>  >
>  >  Even without a post code announcing a problem, I have fixed many "moved"
>  >  PCs this way.
>  >
>  >  DAve
>  >
>  >  --
>  >  Google finally, after 7 years, provided a logo for
>  >  veterans. Thank you Google. What to do with my signature now?
>  >
>  >
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