definately sounds like something has come loose in transit
i would concur with stripping out all unneeded peripherals and
cleaning the insides.
but i wouldnt go past physical violence. not towards staff or friends
but towards the machine itself. you would be suprised what a few
well placed blows
Sluggers,
I've just inherited two Dell Optiplex GX1 400Mhz boxen which are surplus to
some corporations requirements because they won't run XP. So obviously we put
Linux on them right? Trouble is that they won't boot.
I was told that they were perfectly functional and even saw one running
: [SLUG] Dell GX1 Optiplex Wont boot
Sluggers,
I've just inherited two Dell Optiplex GX1 400Mhz boxen which are surplus to
some corporations requirements because they won't run XP. So obviously we
put
Linux on them right? Trouble is that they won't boot.
I was told that they were perfectly
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004, Peter Rundle wrote:
Sluggers,
I've just inherited two Dell Optiplex GX1 400Mhz boxen which are surplus to
some corporations requirements because they won't run XP. So obviously we put
Linux on them right? Trouble is that they won't boot.
I was told that they were
Thanks for the ideas, still no joy at this stage. (I'd give up if it was just
the one box, but it's happened to both of them so I find it hard to accept that
I've got a simple component failure).
The video is on board, ATI 3D Rage. There are no other cards in the box.
There are two jumpers on
Peter Rundle wrote:
Sluggers,
I've just inherited two Dell Optiplex GX1 400Mhz boxen which are surplus to
some corporations requirements because they won't run XP. So obviously we put
Linux on them right? Trouble is that they won't boot.
1 Wiggle all your cables.
2 reseat all the
