Definitely power supply problems. I'm coming to the conclusion the
existing power supply never had enough oomph to carry the load anyway,
and it appears the years have not been kind.
Got to find one that's hefty enough in the correct form factor.
On 1/12/2011 9:42 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
Still working on refurbishing this old computer so I can use it as a
desktop and quit using my laptop all the time.
I'm afraid I'm going to end up having to take it in to my local shop for
a checkout. I'm still getting random shutdowns occasionally. I think the
power supply is going flaky on me, but it may be it just doesn't have
enough power to supply power to USB devices. I could see in the POST
that it was getting to the USB devices before crashing.Once I replaced
my USB mouse with a spare one, it booted with no problems.
Then plugging in my new USB powered portable drive shut down the
computer again. For now I've disconnected the built in USB card readers,
and I'm only using my externally powered USB drives.
Maybe the answer is going to be a new powered hub, but I'm thinking
about a new case & power supply if I can find one that will fit the
existing motherboard. The system is a bare-bones ASUS in a shoe-box
style/size case, and there's only room for one hard disk, and I want
more storage on board than that.
Also just realized it's limited memory (maxed out at 2GB), and there's
only one expansion slot - which may get filled with an ESATA controller.
So this one may get relegated again soon anyway (soon == within another
year). Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Meanwhile ... "The big OOPS!"
I had Netscape 7.2 installed on this thing when I was using
itpreviously. Downloaded and installed Mozilla last night, then
uninstalled Netscape. Forgot that with Netscape the mail client is part
of the browser, and lost about a dozen unread email messages.
It's probably a better idea to install the new mail client *before*
removing the old one to smooth the migration path.
Mostly they were just PDML digests that I can get from the archive. The
rest were advertising (B&H, REI, Time-Warner ...) and I would have
deleted them unread anyway. Fortunately, I had already read the one
important message in the batch.
Got Thunderbird installed this morning & will eventually get it
configured the way *I* want it configured.
First thing I need to overcome is my mouse wheel is not scrolling in
Thunderbird. Seems to be working with everything else. Have to dig into
that one and see what setting I need to change.
Meanwhile I do have a nice, comfortable, crisp full size keyboard to
type on when I'm writing.
That's what started this whole quest. The external keyboard/stand
combination I was using for my laptop flaked out on me and I am not
comfortable typing on that laptop's keyboard, especially with the
constant static shocks whenever I wear my silk-weight winter undershirts.
Couldn't find a replacement keyboard/stand. It's no longer made and I
found nothing that is being made that suited me.
Stay tuned.
PS: I've taken a few photos recently, but can't get to them yet.
I'm still uninstalling/installing software. Took PhotoShop CS & CS2 off,
and should have CS5 installed by tonight. Everything around here is
closed down by the weather, so I've got plenty of time here today to get
it done.
Got barely above freezing yesterday, causing just enough melting so that
when all the ice from the freezing rain overnight on Monday refroze
extra smooth for this morning.
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