Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-10-01 Thread Terence
On 1 October 2011 03:58, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > Glad that you could solve the problem. > Eike Thanks for the explanation- one can learn a lot from this list, as always! Saki -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Eike Lantzsch
On Friday 30 September 2011 19:39:46 ow...@netptc.net wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Harry Putnam > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: 9/30/2011 9:29:48 PM > Subject: Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS > > Terence writes: > > On 30

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread owens
- Original Message - From: Harry Putnam To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: 9/30/2011 9:29:48 PM Subject: Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS Terence writes: > On 30 September 2011 21:27, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> Just reporting back. After pull

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Terence
> If cleaning is as important as you say, its good to know it. > In one of your excellent country's sayings: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"! It's just one other thing to consider when a possibly physical problem rocks up. One thing you can be sure of : Your Mileage May Vary! Yours aye. Saki

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Harry Putnam
Terence writes: > Thank you, Harry, > > Cleaning never does any harm, providing it's done properly! > > As you say, you may never know for sure, but cleaning contacts often > does, in my experience, solve a number of problems. > > I noted the fact that card previously worked, but without the DVI

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Terence
Thank you, Harry, Cleaning never does any harm, providing it's done properly! As you say, you may never know for sure, but cleaning contacts often does, in my experience, solve a number of problems. I noted the fact that card previously worked, but without the DVI output. Perhaps the problem(s)

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Harry Putnam
Terence writes: > On 30 September 2011 21:27, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> Just reporting back.  After pulling the card blowing everything out >> and reinstalling the card, I got video back.  Not only that but a DVI >> outlet on that card that hasn't worked for a good while, began working >> too. >

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Terence
On 30 September 2011 21:27, Harry Putnam wrote: > Just reporting back.  After pulling the card blowing everything out > and reinstalling the card, I got video back.  Not only that but a DVI > outlet on that card that hasn't worked for a good while, began working > too. Can you give us more detai

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Harry Putnam
Camaleón writes: >> I've got a nasty little problem here this morning... My debian box will >> not show anything on the monitor. I fear the graphics card has gone >> south... I have one side off the box so removed the card and reinserted >> hoping it might fix things.. of course it did not. > >

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:00:05 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Equipment: Older P4 3.00Ghz running wheezy. > > I've got a nasty little problem here this morning... My debian box will > not show anything on the monitor. I fear the graphics card has gone > south... I have one side off the box so remov

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Terence
Hi, Harry, First, do you hear the boot bleeps from your pc speaker, and checked the diagnostics from that? That would certainly help. Then allowing that I have no knowledge/expertise in by-passing the BIOS (I'm not sure it can even be done), but my "First Aid Response) would be to remove the hard

Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Harry Putnam
Equipment: Older P4 3.00Ghz running wheezy. I've got a nasty little problem here this morning... My debian box will not show anything on the monitor. I fear the graphics card has gone south... I have one side off the box so removed the card and reinserted hoping it might fix things.. of course i