[mythtv-users] FC4 & MythTV - Computer powering down... sort of! - FRUSTRATION!!

Steve Adeff adeffs at gmail.com
Mon Oct 24 23:21:17 EDT 2005


On Monday 24 October 2005 23:05, David Bennett wrote:
> I am getting completely frustrated and am hoping someone has some
> suggestions. This might be Linux related, but I have a feeling it is
> hardware, tell me what you think. (A while back I posted about my
> Linux system crashing, here is where we are at:)
>
> I am running a Gigabye Motherboard with Fedora Core 4. Every once in
> awhile the computer shuts down. Not fully (I still get LED lights) but
> all the fans, hard drives stop running. Funny thing is I can't power
> down with a long power, and sometimes even when I pill out the plug it
> doesn't turn on. I just get the light and no spinning.
>
> After fiddling with the motherboard, moving things around etc I can
> get it back on again. It could be 5 minutes, it could be 2 weeks, but
> eventually the problem returns.
>
> I have tried removing memory, adding memory, changing slots,
> reinserting everything, taking out one PCI card at a time (TV tuner
> and a WinModem) but it doesn't make a difference.
>
> Power isn't copletely off but nothing spins. Stays like that for awhile.
>
> Has anyone encoutered anything like this?
> Any ideas?
>
> Sorry for the trouble.
> David Bennett
> davidbennett1979 at gmail.com
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I had a similar issue and it was due to a dieing power supply, it wasn't able 
to feed the required 5V current anymore. I replaced it with a new one 
(actually it was still under warranty, so it was free) and my problems were 
sovled.

Steve


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