> > Is this a recent acquisition? That was manufactured in an era when Dell > products were suffering the bad cap plague
I got it from my Grandpa because it was sitting at his house with no use. I used to use the computer as my primary AllStar link node [1] and has been running 24/7. This computer fits the era of bad caps. Yikes, glad my cap did not fail or cause a fire while it was in full time use! I don't think I want to get in there unless a cap actually fails, there are so many caps, it would be a pain to solder all of those. This computer won't have that kind of use anymore. [1] https://allstarlink.org/ On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Skyler F composed on 2015-05-29 16:03 (UTC-0600): > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > >> Fixing your problem may be as simple as > >> booting the installation disk to a command prompt, then running "FDISK > >> /MBR". > > > Thanks! Solved the problem! > > :-D > > > Time to load motorola programming software for ham radio use. > > >> Skyler F composed on 2015-05-29 09:43 (UTC-0600): > > >> > I am trying to install freeDOS on my Dell Dimension 8400 with a > pentium 4 > >> > processer. > > Is this a recent acquisition? That was manufactured in an era when Dell > products were suffering the bad cap plague[1]. You may wish to look up the > service tag on Dell's web site to find the date of manufacture if it > doesn't > show up on or in the case somewhere. If it is actually from the rough > period > you may want to physically investigate its innards, and take any necessary > action to avoid potential downtime[2]. > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague > [2] http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5295 > -- > "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant > words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! > > Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity...@gmail.com
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