| From: | Michael O'Hara |
| Date: | 13 Jan 2000 at 03:06:35 |
| Subject: | Re: [bvppc] Black Outs (back again) |
From: "Michael O'Hara" <amike@hashgas.org.uk>
Hi Robbin Van Ooy, on 13-Jan-00 02:38:47 you wrote:
>>My problem is that of the computer just cutting out and rebooting. No
>>software failiure or crashing (no flashing led), just a straight reboot as
>>if a cold reboot/keyboard reset had been done. What could be causing this
>>now - surely still not power?
>Hmm thats a new one here! Is certainly doesnt fit under the 'black-out'
>header since black-outs are permanent black screens (no reboot) with no
>possibility to get rid of them. (usually powering down for an hour or
>fiddling with the connector)
Well, that's exactly what I used to get...
>the bvision back on the ppc (careful, not too tight!) and the ppc on the
>mainboard. Try getting rid of one of the power-tricks you mentioned, start
>with the ppc fan. Though this certainly doesnt sound like an overheating
>problem to me (unless, ofcourse, you suffer from garbled screens aswell)
I've got the fan power thing, but it does sound like an overheating problem to
me - i had the exact symptoms - to fix get powerful fan (the one i use is off
a pentium heatsink) and mount it directly behind the weedy little fan on the
board.
>Hmm Im not sure how many hardware you have in your tower, but if youve got
>lots of drives and devices, unplug a few of those, perhaps the tower PSU
>cant handle it.
My 200w psu handled, hard/floppy/zip/cdrom drive, kywalda etc etc...
>Install a clean workbench and cybergraphx on a spare partition,
Nah, that dont do shit, thats what the guy at white knight said and it didnt
do bunk.
Carpe Diem,
Mike O'Hara
Dumb Laws: Ice cream may not be�eaten while standing on the sidewalk.
(Repealed) (Carmel; California)
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