Bit of a general PC repair question here, but it's one on which I was hoping to install openSUSE, and I can't even get past the first hurdle. An ex-friend-turned-trou-de-cul (French people are never your friends, only future enemies) donated me a P4 desktop which supposedly worked fine but upon switching on, it only lasts a few seconds before going off. So although I can access the BIOS, I cannot even get to make any configuration changes in time before it turns off. Of course I've done a first check for loose or wrong connections. My hunch is either the motherboard or PSU is at fault, but these are things I cannot test as I have no suitable alternatives available. I'm going to embark on a systematic process of elimination with some of the other parts, but does anybody want to throw a suggestion into the hat as to what is usually at fault in this situation? I'm not going to examine every part to provide detailed specs just yet, suffice to mention that it has integrated Intel 965 graphics, so it can't be that old 'unseated video card' chestnut. Cheers, Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org