[ubuntu-my] Mystery at the office, slightly off-topic

[lutfi raffi]

Nice info.... thanks.....



On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 3:23 AM, Wan M Fahmi Wan Azmi <wanfahmi at gmail.com>wrote:

> Another Experience to share, my PC shuts down on it's own and can't be
> switched on. After a few minutes, (sometimes hours), I can boot it up.  It
> works for a random number of minutes or hours. Initially I thought there's
> an over heating problem. I cleaned the fan, re-apply thermal paste, clean
> the case bla bla bla...
> But the problem persisted. At last, I opened up the power supply box
> (inside the PC) and found the capacitors are popped and are leaking (Noticed
> the yellowish stuff on the component). It was late at night and I had
> another old power supply (different connectors)  an too much time on my
> hand.The capacitors matched so I swapped the capacitors.
> The PC now works perfectly, running 24/7.
>
> Morale of the story. Capacitors have a life span. Once it pops, you need to
> replace them. If your motherboard is busted, Check the capacitors. It will
> smell acrid, like burning plastic. Try replacing them and you might just
> save a few bucks!
>
> WARNING: Capacitors keeps electrical charge. Disconnect from the wall
> socket and let it stand for a few hours, just to be sure.
>
> Cheers
> itiknila
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:52, ApOgEE <jerungkun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Umarzuki,
>>
>>
>>> The grounding is always my prime suspect but the lack of expertise in
>>> electrical prevents me from doing anything about it.
>>>
>>> How do I  ensure at least that partition would be grounded from these
>>> statics?
>>>
>>
>> To ensure your partition is grounded from these statics, you have to make
>> sure all your electrical wiring to the partition and in the partition have
>> proper grounding. Ground wire should normally green colored and also make
>> sure that there are no nails or screws cutting any wires in the wire
>> trunking.
>>
>> You don't have to be electrical expert. Just get out there and hire any
>> professional wiremen to do the check for you. Explain the problem in detail
>> and I believe most professional wiremen should simply solve the problem
>> within hour or two. When the problem solved, pay them them money. It's
>> really that simple. Same like you don't have to be a pilot to fly in a jet.
>> There are people who already pro with it. Just hire them.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Umarzuki Mochlis <umarzuki at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the insight.
>>> How do I actually recognize which one is giving the problem? Do I need a
>>> test pen to poke around or something?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>  Here's quick tip to do the test yourself that there is no outage when
>> someone bump to the partition and make the PC shuts down. Add a power
>> extension which have two or more outlet to the incoming socket to your PC.
>> Plug in your PC to one of the outlet in the extension and plug in a table
>> lamp in another outlet in the socket. Turn the lamp and the PC on. When the
>> setup is ready, bump yourself to the partition or touch the partition
>> abruptly as you said previously. If you see the table lamp blinks or turned
>> off, then there is wiring problem. If, only the PC shuts down, then you may
>> consider Mr. Haris's advice to check inside the PC.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best Wishes,
>>
>> M. Fauzilkamil Zainuddin
>> Software Engineer
>> Persiasys Sdn. Bhd.
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