On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 04:22 pm, Dale Kosan wrote: > Power Supply? > > On Aug 27, 2004, at 1:46 AM, charlie wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:55 pm, Paul Rodriguez wrote: > >> A couple of months ago, we had a power surge at our house that harmed > >> the computer. Although the computer was on a surge protector, the > >> cable > >> modem was not, and it fried the eth0 on the motherboard. > >> > >> I have since have had a difficulty whenever I try to transfer large > >> files on the hard drive. When I try, my computer restarts or freezes. > >> > >> I have since replaced the mobo (Soyo Dragon Plus SY-KT600), my memory, > >> and my hard drive. > >> > >> Changing my hard drive and motherboard made no change. My computer > >> would alternately freeze or reboot during the installation phase. > >> > >> After installing new memory (from Crucial, specifically for my new > >> mobo), my computer doesn't even boot properly, and never gets to the > >> menus in the mandrake install cd. > > > > No real idea here, but I have heard of something similar and it was the > > cabling that was damaged. Again because of a power outage. Might not > > be the > > case with your machine though, but worth a check just the same.
No the ribbons to the motherboard. But they did the same as you before they tried anything else, bought a new motherboard and graphics card and the problem persisted. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 ------------------------------- The generative energy, which, when we are loose, dissipates and makes us unclean, when we are continent invigorates and inspires us. Chastity is the flowering of man; and what are called Genius, Heroism, Holiness, and the like, are but various fruits which succeed it. .......................................Henry David Thoreau _______________________________ This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 10, KMail 1.6.1 and of course OpenOffice.org1.1.0 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you want to know Mandrake more intimately - look here:-) http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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