On Friday 24 Jan 2003 4:05 pm, David Robertson wrote: > On Friday 24 Jan 2003 3:29 pm, Paul wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > Forgive this OT post, but can someone point me into the right direction? > > My PC is going nuts. When it is upright, it won't boot properly (powers > > off immediately after switching it on). When it lies on the side, the > > system keeps running without a problem when switched on. > > Already had the entire internals apart and back together again, to no > > avail. What can be wrong here??? I tried all I can think of. > > Um, can't even begin to think of a reason, other than a loose connection > somewhere. If you've looked at all the internals, maybe there's a probelm > with the power cable? > > But tell me, just why on earth did you try booting it on its side??! Or was > it just an accident? > Don't you do that when you're checking on hardware jobs you've just done? I always do before righting it and closing the case.
Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
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