On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 04:05:50PM +0000, Beartooth wrote:
>
> My #1 machine (with F9 on one hard drive, and XP (to run topo
> maps) on the other) won't do anything; it doesn't even turn its
> little blue light on.
>
> This *could* be my doing. Fool that I was, I went and
> fiddled with what I had in sys-config-network, or whatever its
> name is, and also edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Logging out and in
> didn't do what I was trying to. I clicked on reboot, meaning
> while I was at it to go into the XP drive long enough to update
> the virus software.
>
> It hung up, early in the reboot sequence -- just starting
> to shut down, in fact, iirc. Reset button did nothing; power
> button did nothing; I pulled the plug, and walked away.
>
> When I came back, nothing I could do would make it so
> much as turn its blue lights (nor, afaict, a fan) on.
>
> The UPS is on, and running both the monitor and a laptop. I tried
> moving the power cable to a different outlet on the back of the UPS; that
> didn't help either.
>
> Has the whole machine chosen this odd moment to die the death?
> (They do always choose odd moments, don't they?)
>
> Or is there hope?
>
> Btw, I don't speak hardware; but I have a very capable young
> friend who is just getting into the business of making computer house
> calls; I have emailed him,and he'll reply eventually.
Sounds like hardware to me. But I suppose something could be wedged
and won't become un-wedged until a true power-off event. You may have
to physically remove the battery and leave it out for a while just to
make SURE there's no power applied, at all. If you have a voltmeter
you could hook it up to the output of the wall-wart (power supply) to
see if anything is coming out of it.
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