On 06/09/22 15:02 (GMT-0400) Paul Abrahams apparently typed:
On Friday 22 September 2006 2:37 pm, mlist@safenet-inc.com wrote: ...
Maybe the power supply was barely adequate to the original configuration, and is now "fighting above its weight", as they say....
That's an interesting possibility and one I should check out. As I've mentioned before, my system, with both Linux and Windows, was running just fine in the old box. I switched boxes because the old box (actually a newer one) was a gamer-type box with fewer open bays, only one USB port on the front, and a "front door" that kept getting in the way. (It was more stylish, though.) But the old one had a 400W supply and the newer one a 300W supply. So perhaps I should try transplanting the 400W supply to the current box (and get more current :=)).
Sounds like a shockingly good plan. O_O
A more general question for anyone who's listening: are there any recommended hardware diagnostic tools out there that can find problems like these and either run under Linux or run freestanding?
I don't think exist any such things in a form other than what a high volume shop might cost justify. I think the closest you'll find is the software collection that's on that Ultimate Boot CD. Puters are modular. As such, the quickest and simplest diagnostic procedure is usually swapping modules. I just took delivery today and yesterday of two different 400W and 450W power supplies for much this reason. My last good spare was needed to replace a working system's PS that died, leaving me with no unspoken-for power supply for diagnostic purposes. Now I have one ready to install when the need arises (again), without relieving me of an important diagnostic tool. There are quite cheap PS testers around, but those I'm familiar with are basically go/nogo guages that are little help when dealing with intermittent trouble. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Esteem her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you." Proverbs 4:7-8 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/partitioningindex.html