Bad crash

[bill at horne.net (Bill Horne)]

John,

Feel free to drop by my house in Sharon, and pick through the computer
graveyard in the cellar: I'm sure I've got two or three of anything you
need.

Bill, who is under a death sentence if he doesn't clean the cellar

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Abreau" <jabr at abreau.net>
To: "David Kramer" <david at thekramers.net>
Cc: <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: Bad crash


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> David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> writes:
>
> > If it turns out to be the CPU fan or the power supply, let me know and
maybe I
> > already have what you need lying around.
> >
> > The beeping behavior and auto shutdown like that are usually indicative
of
> > either the motherboard or power supply thinking (right or wrong) that
the
> > power is bad, or defective RAM.  I might be able to lend you RAM.
> >
> > Have you looked up the beep codes for your BIOS yet?
>
> Yes, the extended beep meant either the memory wasn't seated properly
> or the power supply was bad. The code for a bad CPU fan would have been
> four short beeps.
>
> Phil Molloy looked at it, and he's convinced that the motherboard is
fried.
> He didn't have a spare CPU fan on hand, though. If you have one that will
> fit my CPU, it wouldn't hurt to give it a try. It's a Socket-A Athlon
> T-bird 1.2GHz.
>
>
>
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