On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:18:44AM +0100, Wulfy wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >>Well, half done. The reboot hangs after the keyboard lights flash and > >>before the BIOS screen shows... I have to power off by the button and > >>power on again. And that doesn't always work. > >> > > > >I've been watching this thread, and I think you might be facing a > >hardware problem there. If the machine goes for reboot and gets to the > >keyboard flash and nothing else, then you aren't into the software > >yet. Does powerup from a cold box cause intermittent problems like > >this too? > > > >A > Hmm. I rarely shut-down the box unless there's a problem. I seem to > recall that it sometimes doesn't "catch" the first time I boot from > off. Definitely didn't notice a problem with that until recently, but,. > as I say, I keep my box on all the time. I've been doing some reading > and found out why it didn't always catch when I switched off then on... > needs a couple of seconds before it recognises a change in the button, > apparently. I did have a hard-drive die on me and a CDROM that refused > to work. Fortunately there was nothing much on the hard-drive. I > changed from "nv" to the nVidia driver to get 3D acceleration working. > Those are the only things I can think oif that I've changed in the last > couple of months or so... > > What do you suspect?
well, my experience with a power-up not "catching" ended up being a failing mobo. I think it can come from failing memory too. I think it can also come from a failing power supply that doesn't give enough juice over all the lines resulting in some parts of the mobo/chipset/proc not powering up properly. ymmv. A
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