Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
mike wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: snip Mike - how about a board entry on the TWiki HardwareCompatibility page? http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MotherBoards Anne Done. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 15 Jan 2005 18:01, mike wrote: mike wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: snip Mike - how about a board entry on the TWiki HardwareCompatibility page? http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MotherBoards Anne Done. Mike Thanks, Mike Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB6Wh+kFAvMr/nNX8RAgpGAJ47WcprmN+Oq989T2Nmr1XHOl6QEwCgh0pp SXoTzbPOm9dnv6TePzlYd0A= =qChD -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Saturday 08 January 2005 09:58 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. That's your power supply shutting down to protect the system It is detecting a short. check every connector that you touched Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 08:51, Aron Smith wrote: On Saturday 08 January 2005 09:58 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. That's your power supply shutting down to protect the system It is detecting a short. check every connector that you touched Check for dust and dirt in the grove that the memory sat in. If that Does not help remove the two sticks that you have played with and see if that helps. Were you wearing an anti static wrist srtap when handling the mem sticks? Thanks, SW -- Guy Fualks - The only man to enter the houses of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 January 2005 03:51 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Saturday 08 January 2005 09:58 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. That's your power supply shutting down to protect the system It is detecting a short. check every connector that you touched Thanks, SW also consider that you may have moved the motherboard durring your changing of ram sticks (etc) and now may have a short to the case if your board is held down with metal screws and stand offs. -- linux counter #167806 (http://counter.li.org/) website=http://ed-tharp.kicks-ass.org; Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 13:41, et wrote: On Sunday 09 January 2005 03:51 am, Aron Smith wrote: On Saturday 08 January 2005 09:58 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. That's your power supply shutting down to protect the system It is detecting a short. check every connector that you touched Thanks, SW also consider that you may have moved the motherboard durring your changing of ram sticks (etc) and now may have a short to the case if your board is held down with metal screws and stand offs. CPU fan turnning? -- Guy Fualks - The only man to enter the houses of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. Thanks, SW That board supports only 2 sticks of pc133 *or* 2 sticks of pc2100 but *not* both or a mixture of both. Heres some info on the board that may help you. http://p199.ezboard.com/fk7s5amotherboardforumfrm5.showMessage?topicID=1200.topic I have that board, very economical :-) Been sturdy for me only problem was on-board sound did not work well until the 2.6 kernel. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
Thanks for all the responses. Well, stupidly, I tried (actually I succeeded) in putting a stick of DDR ram in an SDRAM slot. The system still worked after I took it out though. This morning I disconnected all the drives, took the ram out and cleaned the slots and replaced it and gave it an overall cleaning with air. There is some play in the motherboard, I pushed away from the case- not sure what else to do about that. Tried starting it to see if there was any difference. It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. Oh well, I think this one is beyond me. Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 January 2005 12:23 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Thanks for all the responses. Well, stupidly, I tried (actually I succeeded) in putting a stick of DDR ram in an SDRAM slot. The system still worked after I took it out though. This morning I disconnected all the drives, took the ram out and cleaned the slots and replaced it and gave it an overall cleaning with air. There is some play in the motherboard, I pushed away from the case- not sure what else to do about that. Tried starting it to see if there was any difference. It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. Oh well, I think this one is beyond me. Thanks, SW time for a power supply -- linux counter #167806 (http://counter.li.org/) website=http://ed-tharp.kicks-ass.org; Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 17:23, Scott Wagner wrote: Thanks for all the responses. Well, stupidly, I tried (actually I succeeded) in putting a stick of DDR ram in an SDRAM slot. The system still worked after I took it out though. This morning I disconnected all the drives, took the ram out and cleaned the slots and replaced it and gave it an overall cleaning with air. There is some play in the motherboard, I pushed away from the case- not sure what else to do about that. Tried starting it to see if there was any difference. It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. Oh well, I think this one is beyond me. Thanks, SW The blue flash came from the power supply box or near the m/board? -- Guy Fualks - The only man to enter the houses of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 17:20, et wrote: On Sunday 09 January 2005 12:23 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: Thanks for all the responses. Well, stupidly, I tried (actually I succeeded) in putting a stick of DDR ram in an SDRAM slot. The system still worked after I took it out though. This morning I disconnected all the drives, took the ram out and cleaned the slots and replaced it and gave it an overall cleaning with air. There is some play in the motherboard, I pushed away from the case- not sure what else to do about that. Tried starting it to see if there was any difference. It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. Oh well, I think this one is beyond me. Thanks, SW time for a power supply And a power supply is not an item to skimp on. They aren't expensive, so buy a good one. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4Wi3kFAvMr/nNX8RAtzlAJ9hy2DyA3pl5W5m/0tTlYoonXhxUgCfcbo1 zlFiuovxntCemJXUh4+8jb4= =JPJ2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 15:56, mike wrote: Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. Thanks, SW That board supports only 2 sticks of pc133 *or* 2 sticks of pc2100 but *not* both or a mixture of both. Heres some info on the board that may help you. http://p199.ezboard.com/fk7s5amotherboardforumfrm5.showMessage?topicID=1200 .topic I have that board, very economical :-) Been sturdy for me only problem was on-board sound did not work well until the 2.6 kernel. Mike - how about a board entry on the TWiki HardwareCompatibility page? http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MotherBoards Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB4WhukFAvMr/nNX8RAp6yAJ0RjeSFMrODs89hp5Dbae+WJAGWEwCffWnX A/qNymyFkjoLmqQXKNzLkBA= =szp4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 January 2005 12:23 pm, Scott Wagner wrote: It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. a! I love the smell of ozone. :) -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 12:20:46 -0500 et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: starting it to see if there was any difference. It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. Oh well, I think this one is beyond me. Thanks, SW time for a power supply -- Perhaps not. Some time ago I cleaned the box out with air and when I powered up, I had the blue flash experience. After getting my internal organs back in their proper places, I took the cover off the power supply and had to laugh. A spider had taken up residence in the power supply and built a web which apparently had been quite productive, judging by empty carcasses. The blast of air, I assume moved the web enough to create a short. Truly a computer bug, well, perhaps a computer arachnid). I replaced the fuse in the power supply and am still running. Be sure you use a fast acting fuse. Cheers John Montgomery Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 18:47, J or M Montgomery wrote: On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 12:20:46 -0500 et [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: starting it to see if there was any difference. It ran longer this time, maybe 10 seconds, then there was a blue flash in the vicinity of the power supply and it cut off. Oh well, I think this one is beyond me. Thanks, SW time for a power supply -- Perhaps not. Some time ago I cleaned the box out with air and when I powered up, I had the blue flash experience. After getting my internal organs back in their proper places, I took the cover off the power supply and had to laugh. A spider had taken up residence in the power supply and built a web which apparently had been quite productive, judging by empty carcasses. The blast of air, I assume moved the web enough to create a short. Truly a computer bug, well, perhaps a computer arachnid). I replaced the fuse in the power supply and am still running. Be sure you use a fast acting fuse. Cheers John Montgomery Glad it worked out ok. I once found a mouse nest in an old ICL mini computer ! -- Guy Fualks - The only man to enter the houses of Parliament with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 09 Jan 2005 15:56, mike wrote: Scott Wagner wrote: Hello Today I put a third hard drive and an additional 256MB of ram (there were already 2 256MB sticks) in my computer, after which it would not boot. I took the new ram out and it booted ok. I took one of the original sticks out then to look at it make sure I had gotten the right kind, and replaced it. Since then when I turn the computer on it turns off right away. As soon as the fans start to turn, it cuts off. It is a 1.53 gig athlon, K7S5A motherboard, pc2100 ram. Appreciate any help. Thanks, SW That board supports only 2 sticks of pc133 *or* 2 sticks of pc2100 but *not* both or a mixture of both. Heres some info on the board that may help you. http://p199.ezboard.com/fk7s5amotherboardforumfrm5.showMessage?topicID=1200 .topic I have that board, very economical :-) Been sturdy for me only problem was on-board sound did not work well until the 2.6 kernel. Mike - how about a board entry on the TWiki HardwareCompatibility page? http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MotherBoards Anne Ok, see will try. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
