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Re: PC Troubleshooting...
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Sun, 30 Sep 2001 00:02:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, James Brown writes:
> Is this while running Checkit, or regardless of what the system is doing?
> I'm not 100% clear on that. And what do you mean by soft boot? I'm
> familiar with that term being a restart using software (i.e. cntrl-alt-del)
> but I think you're meaning something else.
I meant hitting the reset button, which I've always heard of as a soft boot
because it doesn't cut the power. Is it called something else?
> Also, in "swapping all possible components" are you including different
> combos of sysboard & processor? If you've got access to the sysboard's
> manual (on or off line) have you checked to make sure the various switch
> settings are all OK and you aren't accidently overclocking?
Actually, I am pretty sure that it was the motherboard -- the part I was
most loathe to have to swap out again -- and that checkit said was okay (the
tests may not be that robust on this count). And the first time I swapped
it out I was trusting in the hands of another person that they did not
confuse the boards with one another, since they are all four identical. I
think the reason checkit wasn't catching whatever is wrong with the
motherboard is because the problem only occurred when it was prepared to
hang the system. So now I may or may not have another fried board -- which
is a shame. This may have everything to do with the fact that the boards
were not properly packed in anything more than a cardboard box all banging
together. But hey, it's all free stuff to whereever it ends up.
I appreciate all the suggested advice and will refer to it again should the
need arise.
Many thanks,
Hop-Frog (scrappy and tenacious in the middle of the night)
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| (...) Soft boot generally refers to ctrl-alt-del or rebooting via software (which Windoze generally does every time you make a change to the system 8?() Hard boot is pressing the reset button (reboot using hardware). Using the on/off switch is (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Is this while running Checkit, or regardless of what the system is doing? I'm not 100% clear on that. And what do you mean by soft boot? I'm familiar with that term being a restart using software (i.e. cntrl-alt-del) but I think you're meaning (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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