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peter wrote: > (I am having problems with a dead Windows Box). > > Hi Rob and Neil > > Thanks for that. I started it this morning it worked for a bit, then > went dead. I took the top off and pushed this and that, got a household > fan and put it so it encouraged the air to flow the way it wanted to go, > to no avail. > > Symptoms, switch on power at the back, mouse flashes, push the front > button, keyboard flashes and the fan works hard for a bit then it goes a > lot quieter, but the keyboard is dead, and nothing happens at the > screen. > > I do not get any error beeps! (These just happen don't they?) > Yep, if you take the memory out you should get some long beeps. > I will wait an hour and try again. > > Other exciting projects at the moment, getting Windows XP (running in > (on?) qemu on my Ubuntu box to see the network and getting another > computer to see my Mythtv backend. > > Oh joy > > Peter What spec is the PC? Have you got any bits you can swap out to diagnose the fault? Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html