Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-15 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 15 Jan 2005 18:01, mike wrote: > mike wrote: > >> Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > Mike - how about a board entry on the TWiki > > HardwareCompatibility page? > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MotherBoards > > Anne >

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-15 Thread mike
mike wrote: >> Anne Wilson wrote: >> 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

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread mike
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

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread John Bowden
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

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread J or M Montgomery
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. > > > > T

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread Anne Wilson
-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

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread Greg Meyer
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

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread Anne Wilson
-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

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread John Bowden
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 an

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread et
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

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread Scott Wagner
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 ov

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread mike
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 h

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread John Bowden
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, af

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread et
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

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread John Bowden
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

Re: [newbie] Computer shuts off after a few seconds

2005-01-09 Thread Aron Smith
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 > o