Hardware issue (again)

[Ernest Doub]

On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Curt Tresenriter <ctres at grics.net> wrote:

> Sorry, can't reply to the thread since I haven't gotten my ISP to whitelist
> canonical yet - I'm not getting emails any more.
>
> I can't say I've noticed the CPU temp but there have been no warning
> noises.
>
> As for Intel - just no thanks. 'Nuff said.
>
> I had to go out of town after getting Natty installed originally and it
> began acting up - didn't have much time then to troubleshoot but two days
> later I got home and fired it up and everything was running perfectly.
>
> I believe I used it for a couple hours with no problems - keyboard or
> otherwise, when I decided I still don't like Unity ( second try - again...
> 'nuff said) and decided to try out Linux Mint  - new version - for fun.
> At first the installer refused to run ubuquity - the next day it installed
> without a glitch (?!).
>
> I was in the process of determining which of the four hard disks I had GRUB
> installed to when the looping and locking up began.
>
> Can't get to the BIOS to increase the RAM's voltage just yet... maybe
> later, and I was able to get other installations on different hard drives to
> boot - until the L & L problem began.
>
> Sorry I forgot to mention that I'm using a KVM switch (Belkin Soho). I've
> used it for nearly a year with no problems beyond the initial setup and all
> I needed to do then was to power it down and back up and it's performed
> flawlessly since (I think).
>
> Keyboard works fine on all the other installations (in the same and other
> machines) excepting short periods when it doesn't want to recognize
> keypresses, and that has been on the main machine, the same one with the
> problem now, not on other machines on the KVM. A reboot or two always
> resolved this and it is quite infrequent.
> This machine was formerly an A7N8X X with an Athlon proc and patriot RAM.
>
> The (new) processor was a kit with a very nice heat sink and fan so I don't
> think there's a problem there.
>
>
> The PCI slots are not fully populated, I have a Turtle Beach sound card and
> a newly acquired (used) Nvidia video card (PCIe and it's in the 1st slot)
> not sure of the specs but it does have 1 GB of cache, a big heat sink and
> fan on it.
> Just put that in before booting this a.m. and the acting up started while I
> was using the onboard ATI graphics chip.
>
> I considered the power supply as a possible issue. It's an EnLight 450
> watt. The manual says with fully populated PCI slots it's best to have 1000
> Watts to power things adequately but so far this doesn't look like an issue
> ( 3 hard disks, a Plextor PX 708A and the three fans - eventually a fourth
> in the side when I can close it up again).
> My power supply tester shows proper voltage for all the pins.
>
> So, exchange the mobo, eh?
> Just for the helluvit, I'll hook up another keyboard/mouse and see what
> happens before I do anything.
>
>
> Have read through the entire thread so far and have to ask.
>
Did you use a high quality heat sink compound when you installed the
CPU/heatsink/fan unit?
ED


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