I have not tried the power supply. It is funny that you should mention this because prior to the point where I was loading Linux, I was getting to various stages into the boot before things went awry. Thanks.
-K --- Alvaro_Zúñiga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Kory: > You mentioned that you have tried everything. Just > in case, did you try the > power supply? I once had a similar problem where I > could boot sometimes but > mostly nothing. A fried gave me a power supply and > that took care of the > problem. > > Al > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kory Wnuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <general@brlug.net> > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:44 AM > Subject: [brlug-general] Just Shoot Me Now > > > > Here's a conundrum that dates back to earlier this > > year. I had some trouble booting my computer > (i.e., > > it would not boot - and there was no video signal > > out). After going back and forth with the > motherboard > > manufacturer (looking at this and checking that), > the > > motherboard was replaced. > > > > Happy to have something I would expect to work, I > > installed the new motherboard. However, I cannot > get > > the stinking thing to boot. I have tried swapping > out > > peripherals, memory and whatnot (I don't have a > spare > > CPU). I am getting a video signal out. It > appears > > that everything has been dectected correctly, from > the > > install RAM to my HD size. When the OS goes to > load > > everything stops, even when failsafe mode is > selected. > > > > I thought perhaps I had a bad boot sector or > > something, and decided to reinstall. When I boot > from > > either the CD or floppy, I experience the sames as > > when trying to boot from the HD. Things look like > > they are ready to load linux and then just stop. > > > > I am dealing with an AMD XP 2000+ system (Mandrake > > 8.0)with an Epox EP-8HKA+ MB, 1 GB RAM, 15 GB > Western > > Digital HD, ATI Raedon 7500 64 MB, generic CDROM > > drive, generic 3.5" floppy, and generic NIC. > > > > The system ran well before it crapped out last > April. > > Does anyone have any idea as to what I might try > to > > get this thing operational. Thanks. > > > > -K > > > > > > ===== > > Failure is NOT an option! That is why I use > Linux... > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! News - Today's headlines > > http://news.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General@brlug.net > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ===== Failure is NOT an option! That is why I use Linux... __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com
