[ale] PC broke

[James P. Kinney III]

On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 13:51 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> ouch. I fired up my test server today, or I tried to... It runs RHES with a 
> special application.
> The HD light flickered on/off and it wouldn't even go through the BIOS check. 
> opened it up, and if I unplug the HD it boots, and will even run the Ubuntu 
> LiveCD. Every time I plug in the HD it just clicks once and quits. So I have 
> to:
> unplug the HD, turn the switch OFF, unplug the power cord, wait... plug in the 
> power cord, turn the switch on, and press the ON button. With no HD it boots 
> to CD, with HD plugged in it doesn't do anything.
> How can I determin if it is the HD or failed power supply??

Plug in a different HD and see if BIOS finds it OK. If so, drive is
dead. If still no joy, power supply is toasted.

> Its a Fry's special GQ3131 AMD Sempron desktop with 40GB HD and 512Megs ram..
> barely used, only to drive to church on Sundays, a year & a half old.
> 
> -- 
> Paul Cartwright
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> Registered Ubuntu User #12459
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James P. Kinney III          
CEO & Director of Engineering 
Local Net Solutions,LLC        
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