Quoting Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Or so Evesham tech support say... > Here's what happened: > Whenever I switched my computer on, it would switch off within five > seconds or so. If I switch it on again, it will switch off again even > more quickly. It doesn't even get to detecting disk drives, let alone > booting an operating system. > It even does it with all of the disk drives unplugged. > I phoned Evesham tech support, and they immediately said it was a > windows driver problem. When I told him it didn't have windows on it, > but had Linux on it, he put me on hold for a few minutes. When he got > back, he told me that he couldn't fix the HARDWARE problem because it > runs Linux. He told me to reinstall windows and phone back... Well > that's gonna be fun when it cant stay on for more than five seconds... > > Just thought you guys might be interested > -- > Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >
Last time I found something like that it was a faulty motherboard which the temperature sensor was reporting the CPU (a Duron 700) was running at 199 degrees! I'd say they're fobbing you off somewhat. Funny, I remember the days when Evesham stood for quality. Does it not stand for that now? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
