On Friday 05 December 2003 09:05 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > Today I had a complete computer failure, nothing, not even a bios boot > screen. > > > I downloaded a whole batch of emails, dealt with them, and went away > leaving d4x downloading a file. > > When I came back, nothing but a blank screen, I touched a key, and a > mandrake boot script appears, hung at fsck, y/n , I say yes, it > completes the fsck and then hangs again.Nothing further , just a blank > black screen , no script at all. > > Panic, > > Ctrl+alt+del ineffective > alt+SysRq+B ineffective > Have to shut power off(reset buttlon ineffectual) > > I power up again, and nothing but a blank black screen not even a bios > boot screen, and in addition 4 red LED mobo display which manual say's > > 4 RED LED's = System Power On, The D-LED will hang here if processor is > damaged or not installed Properly. > > This suggest's that it's curtains for my processor, AMD Athlon Palamino, > but before I condem it and go rushing off to replace it I thought I had > better ask first if there is anything I should do to test it first. > > Any suggestions welcomed, as this is my first processor failure. > > > John. probly 'lunched' (as in 'something ate your cpu for lunch) it, but let it cool down for a day, blow everything in the case out with canned air, disconnect all the drives. this may just be a powersupply crapping out.
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