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- From: chbl@sbustd.rz.uni-sb.de (Christian Blum)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: My PC needs to be 'warmed up', what's happening?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.110646.13875@coli.uni-sb.de>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 11:06:46 GMT
- References: <13803@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au>
- Sender: news@coli.uni-sb.de (Usenet news system)
- Organization: Studenten-Mail, Rechenzentrum Universitaet des Saarlandes
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- gtj@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Glenn T Jayaputera) writes:
- > Everytime I turn it on after being off for more than 6 hours, it hangs.
- > I have to wait for 15-20 minutes (warming up), then I can reset and it can
- > boot up from there perfectly.
- >
- > Is this the sign of 'dying' power suply? SHould I fix it or better buy
- > the new one.
-
- Most likely, it's a defect of the board itself. Mine used to show similar
- symptoms... it all stopped when I put a rubber gum under the board where
- the processor is located... yes, it's true! I believe it's a damaged track.
-
- Chris
-