On 7/8/2013 5:08 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Before wasting any time on anything else, check for bad caps in PS and on motherboard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
Plus 1 on that. These things will burst, or almost burst and continue to work. Then you power down for an extended period and the electrolyte will have all leaked out, and with any significant power draw they just crap out. (Worst culprits are a certain vintage circa 2000, across many different manufacturer lines. Those with horizontal mobos would tend to work even with blown caps because they sat vertically, and didn't leak so badly. But put them in storage on edge and all the oil runs out over time). Check the motherboard first. Look for bulging capacitors like shown in the picture on the linked page. (Note that the picture is kind of a worst case situation. You will often find just ONE bulging cap.) If the Mother board has bad caps, take your disk drives, and move on. Power supplies, on the other hand are cheap. -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org