new cable and I do not think any external stuff. MB are fussy, can not run thru my KVM thanks fp At 08:09 PM 8/17/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: >Any chance they have an external usb hdd anywhere? This will occassionally >cause that board (and several others) to hang > >Hey don't worry about breaking up the Dell thread between that and a stupid >'High School Musical' thread in another list of mine today it seems like I've >only discussed 2 things in 24 hours. :) > >CW >Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless > >-----Original Message----- >From: FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:02:17 >To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com >Subject: [H] very weird problem / not Dell :{) > >customer complaining that occasionally system no boot with hard drive error. > >I have yet to duplicate error but that is not the weird part. Figuring maybe >HD or PSU I put in a new Hitachi drive. when at the desktop any keyboard >strokes locks it up hard. Does not do this with the older maxtor. Have tried >two different new hitachi drives. Tried a different PSU thinking maybe not >enough power with the new drive. > >Possible compatibility with the MB ???? older system, ECS k7s5a. No blown caps >on mb or in psu. I know there could still be bad ones though. I believe the >most current bios. >memtest runs clean > >any ideas appreciated. >fp > >-- >Tallyho ! ]:8) >Taglines below ! >-- >Nickel: Once good for getting the wrong number with.
-- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- You tell 'em Bean, He's stringing you.