[H] very weird problem / not Dell :{)

2006-08-17 Thread FORC5
customer complaining that occasionally system no boot with hard drive error. I have yet to duplicate error but that is not the weird part. Figuring maybe HD or PSU I put in a new Hitachi drive. when at the desktop any keyboard strokes locks it up hard. Does not do this with the older maxtor. Hav

Re: [H] very weird problem / not Dell :{)

2006-08-17 Thread lopaka
Controller on the mobo could be going out? I would have thought PSU first too. Also might want to change the cable. I had a bad ribbon give me intermittent errors like this and it took forever to diagnose. lopaka FORC5 wrote: customer complaining that occasionally system no boot with hard dri

Re: [H] very weird problem / not Dell :{)

2006-08-17 Thread tmservo
ve only discussed 2 things in 24 hours. :) CW Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -Original Message- From: FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:02:17 To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] very weird problem / not Dell :{) customer complaining that occasi

Re: [H] very weird problem / not Dell :{)

2006-08-17 Thread FORC5
; >-Original Message- >From: FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:02:17 >To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com >Subject: [H] very weird problem / not Dell :{) > >customer complaining that occasionally system no boot with hard drive error. > >I have yet to du

Re: [H] very weird problem / not Dell :{)

2006-08-18 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 10:02 PM 17/08/2006, FORC5 wrote: Possible compatibility with the MB older system, ECS k7s5a. No blown caps on mb or in psu. I know there could still be bad ones though. I believe the most current bios. memtest runs clean I've never had an ECS board that worked reliably - but my expe

Re: [H] very weird problem / not Dell :{)/ report

2006-08-19 Thread FORC5
main bug wound up being USB devices but my weird bug got weirder. changed everything including to cpu, mb ( had a spare one ) and with her drive no problem, cloned drive KB locks it up. I assume with this that a repair install would fix it since the OS was the only thing left in the loop but hav