On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:52:02 -0600 smac at visi.com wrote: > It sounds like the power supply, but it may be over heating. > > Take the critter "outside" and blow it out (dust YUCK!) with a can > of air. I think you could set it out side today and have it self > clean :oD > > Reseat everything, processor, memory, nic, video, (*power > connector*), etc... > > I had a flaky power supply do what you have going on, but usually > they just go south after a shutdown. Have any power spikes of late? Pretty sure now it's the hard drive. I did this (reseat EVERYTHING, cleaned it out, etc.) and noticed that the power connection to the hard drive is a little loose. Not just the plug, but the plugin connection to the drive itself wiggles a little. If I wiggle it just right it'll boot up, but for how long? If it's not wiggled into the right spot the BIOS doesn't even come up. Hopefully I can keep this thing up long enough to run a backup... Time to dump SuSE in favor of another Slackware install anyway! It's been a fun ride.... Josh _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list