On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Gilboa Davara <gilb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 07:28 +0200, lior wrote: >> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:44:17 +0200, Gabor Szabo <szab...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I just bought a new computer, install Ubuntu 9.10 beta (not the RC as >> > it was not out yet) >> > and after I try to reboot, the computer does not even reach the BIOS >> > boot sequence. >> > (blank screen). >> > After letting it rest for some time I can turn it on, then it gets to >> > the BIOS boot and displays the >> > following error: >> > >> > Warning!!! The previous overclocking had failed, and system will >> > restore its default setting. >> > Press any key to continue... >> > >> > Pressing a key makes it boot but the happens again after one or two >> > bootings. >> > >> > Oh, an *I* have not touched the BIOS and *I* did not configure >> > overclocking. >> > >> > I already took the computer back once and they told me about some rare >> > thing that happens >> > only once every 2 years that the BIOS is flips. >> > I think they just either did not configure it well or for some reason >> > it gets broken after the first boot. >> > Or something is broken or incompatible in the hardware. >> > >> > >> > The question if Linux might change the BIOS or cause this problem? >> > If not, what do you think could be the reason and the fix? >> > >> > Here are the details of the computer (from the order form) just in >> > case someone can see >> > some parts that do not work well with Linux or with each other. >> > >> > CPU: Q8200 2.33 Gh 4MB Core 2 Quad >> > mother board: G41M-E43 DDR3 HDMI MSI >> > screen card: Nvidia GeForce 9400Gt 512MB P.P.View >> > HD: 500 Gb SATA2 16 Mb Hitachi >> > Memory: CL7 DBT GEIL 2x2Gb (4Gb) DDR3 1066 Mhz >> > DVD: GH22NS SATA LG DVDX22 DL >> > power: 350W FAN 12 CM Power man >> > >> > >> >> I think you might be underpowered. I input the above specification in the >> newegg PSU calculator and got ~390W. >> >> http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html >> >> The boot sequence is one point in time where you might notice this. >> >> Lior > > I second the above. > You need at -least- a 450w PSU for this machine. > (In your case, the CPU + GPU alone can eat more than 250w...) > > - Gilboa
Interesting. I took back the computer again. They called me 3 days later and told me they tried to reboot it 100 times and it worked fine. They also told me to look at the power calculator of MSI http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=power and that one shows that I need less than 300 W. Very strange and I am not sure what to do with this whole situation. Gabor _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
