<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 2010-09-01, at 21:41, Jarod Wilson <<a href="mailto:jarod@wilsonet.com">jarod@wilsonet.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <<a href="mailto:jyavenard@gmail.com">jyavenard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 2 September 2010 10:52, Brian Wood <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I have a couple of these:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.myka.tv/buy.html?page=shop.browse&category_id=6">http://www.myka.tv/buy.html?page=shop.browse&category_id=6</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Build-in torrents :)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>How cool !</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Still can't stream legally obtained online content (movies that is)</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Not directly, no, but Brian does have a work-around for netflix.</span><br><span>Granted, it requires another system, drawing power, and running</span><br><span>Windows.</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Apple does do some things right, but having been burned twice by their abandoning support for products I have purchased, I</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>tend to be leery. Having a product I bought less than 5 years ago no longer supported by their OS just bothers me (G5</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>iMac).</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>You're just waiting for an excuse to get a new one I'm sure.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I just replaced the iMac 17" G5 at my inlaws with a refurbished 27"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>quad-core i5.. Damn it's a slick computer.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.226562); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.226562);"><br></span><span></span></div></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 2009-10-24, at 12:28, Kawayanan <<a href="mailto:kawayanan@gmail.com">kawayanan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Well, I just checked to see if I could test the PSU. I have two others in the house, but either my other computers are sufficiently old to be different (very possible), or the PSU on this Asus Barebones is non-standard.<br><br>I can't test the PSU in the way you describe because the BIOS screen never comes up. It never gets that far (fan spin, nothing else happens). As for RAM tests, again, I can't get to BIOS, let alone memtest86 (I also use UBCD). It had two sticks of RAM and neither one worked alone. On top of that, a brand new stick of RAM didn't work either. I find it hard to believe all are bad.<br><br>I think its PSU, motherboard, or CPU. The problem is I have no way of figuring out which one. This may just be the final death of this machine...<br><br>Thanks again<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Andy Colson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andy@squeakycode.net"><a href="mailto:andy@squeakycode.net">andy@squeakycode.net</a></a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; "><div><div></div><div class="h5">George Mari wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; ">On 10/24/2009 07:35 AM, Kawayanan wrote:<br> ><br>[deleted]<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; "><br>My question is whether there is a way to determine if this is a CPU or<br>motherboard problem? I don't have access to a different CPU to test, and I<br>don't want to buy a CPU and have it turn out to be a motherboard problem.<br>If its a motherboard problem, I guess that means starting over with a<br>effectively new system (the Asus is a barebones with most everything<br>onboard).<br><br>Any suggestions? My wife and kids are missing DVR. :(<br><br>Thank for any help!<br><br></blockquote>It may be a power supply problem. If you have another system you can temporarily spare, swap PSUs, or move the suspect motherboard into an empty case, if you have one.<br><br>Power spikes, in my experience, tend to kill PSUs first, then motherboards, then CPUs, in that order.<br><br></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></span><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>. Actually, I really want the quad core i7 one. And a mac mini</span><br><span>server. And a pony. :)</span><br><span></span><br><span>- </span><br><span>Jarod Wilson</span><br></div></blockquote><br><div>So you admit you just want the extra horsepower?</div><div>Geoff</div></body></html>