On 02/27/2011 01:11 PM, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2011-02-26 at 16:12 -0700, compdoc wrote: >> 3) While looking in the case, look for bad capacitors on the >> motherboard and inside the PSU. Click on the pictures to see close up: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague >> >> 4) If you're using two or more sticks of ram and the sticks are >> mismatched, try buying matched pairs. Also, look at the sticker on the >> ram and see if they require that their voltage be set higher than >> normal. > > And while poking around inside the case, do not zap the innards with > static shocks. If you don't know about how that happens, and how to > avoid it, you should read up about it first. > > Taking no anti-static precautions is one of those causes for mysterious > failures, usually much a long time after you'd done your poking around. > I once killed a motherboard by vaccuming out the dust. Static discharge from the vac brush, I think. Don't make the same mistake, use a blower or canned air instead. John -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
