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- From: larsen@meena.cc.uregina.ca
- Subject: RE: More on OPTi chipset with GUS
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- Message-ID: <16DEC92.14590552@meena.cc.uregina.ca>
- Date: 16 DEC 92 14:59:05 GMT
- References: <1992Dec07.132939.1895@stiatl.salestech.com> <1g2utdINNajf@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> <1992Dec10.025854.4658@stiatl.salestech.com> <42414@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>
- Organization: University of Regina, Regina, Sask., Canada
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- In a previous article, miliu@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (zaphod) wrote:
- >In article <1992Dec10.025854.4658@stiatl.salestech.com> iam@stiatl.salestech.com (Ian Mercado) writes:
- >>BTW...one more v-e-r-y strange thing about the GUS. Occassionally, the
- >>computer would absolutely not boot when the GUS was installed. I tracked
- >>down the problem and figured out when I had the cover removed from the
- >>case, the computer would boot. But if I put the cover back on, the computer
- >>would not boot. (It would get past the memory check stage, but refuse to
- >>read anything from the hard drive.) When I took the GUS out, the computer
- >>would always boot fine.
- >>Can ANYONE offer an explanation for this sort of behavior???
- >
- >I was at a local computer store over a year ago. One employee was
- >putting together a system. It was up and running without the cover
- >on, so he put the cover on and proceeded to tighten the screws.
- >When he tightened one screw, the computer totally turned off. He
- >loosened it and it turned on and proceeded to boot. He tried this a
- >few times, and it did this every time. He was perplexed. I too
- >would like to know why these things happen. Does anyone know?
- >
- > Zaphod
- It has something to do with a floating ground, or ground currents. I.e., you've
- got a poor ground, or some wires or something is connecting electrically
- to your case.
-
- Bryan
- Larsen@meena.cc.uregina.ca
-