[mdlug] Help diagnosing hardware problem

[Michael Rudas]

--- Raymond Ingles wrote:

>  My father called me yesterday, reporting that his computer (bought in
> May of 2005, running Ubuntu 9.04) would get to the login screen, but
> once he signed on, the monitor would say "no signal" and nothing further
> would happen.

It's almost certainly the power supply--our old friend, the "capacitor
plague" strikes again...
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague>

Gigabyte motherboards, especially with this recent a vintage, are
usually not subject to this problem.  Much harder hit were Abit and
MSI.  Power supplies, on the other hand, are still a problem,
including 2003-2005 vintage.  Some graphics cards have this problem,
too.

~~ Michael Rudas
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