<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On 3 jul 2005, at 18.00, <A href="mailto:mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I had a PC do something similar...<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The power light was a gree/orange <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">combo LED, but never went orange other than for a brief fraction of a <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">second before power-down.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I changed some RAM (that I found - never a good <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">idea) that was a tight fit.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I rebooted and the drives and fans spun up, <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">but the light was orange.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>'Not a good sign,' I thought.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Then the magic <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">smoke escaped from the fan.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The MoBo had a blackened hole in it where a <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">chip used to be (right next to the dodgy RAM).<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>It, too, didn't beep when <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">it normally would.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I suggest reseating your RAM and checking for scorch marks...</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>Sounds awful. I'll check that. Hopefully it means that only a motherboard change is necessary and that the drives and data are safe...</DIV><BR><DIV> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Courier New; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Courier New; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Courier New" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Courier New">Yours sincerely,</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Courier New; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Courier New" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Courier New">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Courier New" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Courier New"><B>O S K A R <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>L I S S H E I M<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>-<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>B O E T H I U S</B></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Courier New" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Courier New">><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-tab"> </SPAN></SPAN>Composer & Designer</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Courier New" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Courier New">><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-tab"> </SPAN></SPAN>Avocade Creations, </FONT><FONT face="Courier New" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Courier New">www.avocade.com</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Courier New; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>