[mdlug] Entire computer stopped working

[Robert Adkins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org 
> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Ingles, Raymond
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:01 AM
> To: Mdlug (E-mail)
> Subject: [mdlug] Entire computer stopped working
> 
> I had some trouble a couple days ago encoding a DVD for my 
> Palm Pilot. The machine locked up hard (so hard the reset 
> button didn't work, and I had to cut the power from the power 
> supply) a couple of times.
> 
>  The next night, it worked for one chapter, then I set it to 
> work on another chapter and went to bed. The next morning, 
> the screen was totally locked and I had to ssh in over 
> Bluetooth from my Palm and shutdown the machine from there. 
> Then, it failed to boot up again, locking up after the drives 
> were identified.
> 
>  I think I now know why it didn't work. Last night when I 
> tried to boot it, I noticed that the BIOS was reporting only 
> 1 CPU, though there are two there - Athlon MPs. I have to 
> presume one of the CPUs failed, and I'll have to yank it and 
> hope the other CPU is operational and I can boot the machine.
> 
>  Prices for the 2GHz Athlon MPs are over a hundred bucks. I 
> rather doubt I'll be picking one up any time soon.
> 
>  Oy.
> 
>  Sincerely,
> 
>  Ray Ingles                                              
> (313) 227-2317
> 

	Pop in a different power supply before you "give up" on the CPU.

	-Rob