Hi Nathan, I haven't a chance to go over all the comments in detail so I might be repeating things others have already proposed (in which case, sorry in advance).
It sounds to me like it could also be bad power. Anything chancy on the circuit?. Might be worth hooking up on a different circuit before putting the gloves on and "going in". I'm also always suspicious of hardware that suddenly doesn't work after a move. Something might have been rattled loose in transit (same might apply to the monitor). Try remove and reconnect all plugs connectors, RAM, cards, IDE cables, etc. (sounds like you've already done a lot of that though). Try a different monitor too (or ssh into it from elsewhere and see if it's doing what it should). hope that helps. Marcel > -----Original Message----- > From: nathan wainwright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: (clug-talk) NEED HELP, bad problem! > > > okay, just recently moved... and finally got shaw cable hooked up. > > so today i decided to reconnect the router, and webserver.... > > booted up the server. > > the screen... while readaable... will "switch" characters at > random... > statically... ie... when it boots up... and does ram test... > it spells > things odd... but not the same everytime.... > > when going into linux same thing... it just over prints different > charcters... does this mean bad bios... or what? > > and is there a way to fix it... im a student, so don't > reallyhave tons > of cash to get it fixed. > > course i do have two powermacs... any ideas if yellowdog > linux will run > apache, perl php? > > -- nathan > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged information. Please contact us immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed.
