[GRLUG] dead computer

[danwiddisii at gmail.com]

Patrick,
Sounds good - good luck and have a merry Christmas!

Sincerely,
Dan


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:02 PM, <patrick at upmerchants.com> wrote:

> I don't really consider it "bad" news, just "inconvient" news.
>
> Running off my backup system right now.  But will have to get the main
> system fixed as it funs "everything" for me.  Everything being a kvm host
> to what I play with these days.
>
> Am ordering a memory stick from tigerdirect.com today.  Really cheap with
> all the sales going on.
>
> Will try the motherboard next if the memory does not fix it.
>
> Will see what happens.
>
>
>
> Quoting "danwiddisii at gmail.com" <danwiddisii at gmail.com>:
>
>  Sounds like a system board. I've seen those exact same issues on various
>> amd/Intel systems. No video is a pretty typical indicator of a bad board.
>> You may want to check the  capacitors. Sometimes the old caps leak and
>> cause weird issues. I've been able to bring a board new life by replacing
>> them. If it has the old style capacitors you'll see them peaked on the top
>> sometimes with discoloration.
>>
>> There are still quite a few that have main frames. We work on a wide
>> variety of systems and architectures.
>>
>> Sorry for the bad news.
>>
>> Dan
>> On Dec 16, 2013 10:55 AM, <patrick at upmerchants.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I've been doing this kind of stuff myself for over 40 years, but it was
>>> mostly ibm 360/370 type equipment.  The pc type stuff has just been from
>>> about 1999 / 2000 when I started with Caldera linux.
>>>
>>> You said mainframes also.  Are there many sites in GR still running big
>>> blue?  I did some contract programming at Meijer's in 1997 / 1998.
>>>
>>> Also forgot to mention that when I power on the computer I get a "No
>>> Signal" message on the monitor.  So that should mean someting too but I
>>> don't know if it is helpful.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting "danwiddisii at gmail.com" <danwiddisii at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>  Patrick,
>>>
>>>> They usually do - however I've seen them not beep as well - I don't mean
>>>> to
>>>> be cryptic - but I've seen just about every type of failure out there -
>>>> it's fairly typical to have them not beep on memory errors now days.
>>>>
>>>> If you can get it to power up to post and it crashes - (if you can) try
>>>> to
>>>> download and burn that memtest86 disc and see if it'll boot off that -
>>>> if
>>>> no luck you'll just have to work one thing at a time.
>>>>
>>>> You may want to pick up a static strap (to protect parts/pieces while
>>>> swapping them out) - you'd be amazed at how a small amount of static
>>>> electricity can affect parts.
>>>> If you have a friend with the same type of memory see if you can work
>>>> out
>>>> testing with their memory. That might save you some money.
>>>> Tigerdirect/Newegg have great deals on memory/system boards during the
>>>> holiday's so that may be a good time to upgrade/replace anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully you'll get things worked out. I wish I could help but my
>>>> current
>>>> pc is a little older (not to mentioned packed) since we're moving to
>>>> Florida next week :)
>>>>
>>>> Good Luck!
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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