[GRLUG] dead computer

[danwiddisii at gmail.com]

Patrick,
I work for a computer company locally and do a ton of diagnostic and repair
work on a variety of servers, main frame equipment etc. - I say that to let
you know I have a lot of experience as I do this kind of stuff every day of
the week!

A few years ago I had a similar issue with my system and had memory issues
with OCZ and ADATA memory. I figured this out by running memtest86 - a
utility available for free - it's a bootable disk that you run and it does
thorough testing of the memory - if you google it you should be able to
find it rather quick.

After several attempts to get 'good' memory from OCZ and ADATA I gave up
and bought Corsair memory - all builds I do from now on (for friends/family
etc.) I will only use high-quality Corsair (or equivalent) memory for this
reason.

The issue 'could' also be with the system board - if you can get your hands
on some memory to test the box - you should be able to determine the
problem pretty quick. The good thing is that the PC3-10666 memory is rather
cheap compared to past memory types.

I would start with memory first though. Have a great Christmas - and good
luck!!

Dan


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:48 AM, <patrick at upmerchants.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My computer died this morning.  Over the past week it has been having hard
> lockups where I need to power off and back on to get it to work.
>
> No problem messages of any kind in /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog
> when I checked it astre restart.
>
> I did get a bios message once, something about the "dram" setting.  Did
> not record it so cannot say amy more about it.
>
> Power supply looks good when plugged into a power judge tester.
>
> system consists of:
>
> ECS A780LM-M2 AMD 760G Motherboard - Micro ATX, Socket AM3, AMD 760G
> Chipset, 1800MHz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA II (3Gb/s), RAID, Radeon HD 3000
> Graphics, 6-CH Audio, Fast Ethernet LAN, USB 2.0 MPN:  A780LM-M2 (10/100)
>
> AMD AD610EHDK42GM Athlon II X4 610e Processor - Quad Core, 2MB L2 Cache,
> 2.40GHz, Socket AM3, 45W, No Fan, OEM MPN:  AD610EHDK42GM
>
> Thermaltake CL-P0503 CPU Cooler - 70mm Fan, Rifle Bearing, Socket AM2,
> AM2+, AM3, 754, 939 MPN:  CL-P0503
>
> ADATA Premier Series AD3U1333C4G9-SH 4GB Desktop Memory Module -
> PC3-10666, DDR3-1333MHz, 240-pin DIMM
>
> Diablotek CPA-0170 Diamond ATX Mid Tower Case - ATX, Micro ATX, 400W PSU,
> 2x Int 5.25" x 1x Ext 3.5", 2x Int 3.5", 2x Front USB 2.0 Ports, Black
> MPN:  CPA-0170
>
> Unfortunately I don't have any other machine / parts to swap around to see
> if it will revive.
>
> Any ideas as to what could be the most likely cause / what parts to start
> replacing first?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Patrick
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