From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: spontaneous reboots.. what to look for
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:57:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200902161857.39186.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tz6uguh4.fsf@newsguy.com>
On Montag 16 Februar 2009, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> writes:
> > Do the easy thing first. Clean your case, reseat all cards and
> > memory modules and check all caps while doing so. Any of them
> > deformed? The 'head' going up? Strange stuff around its feet?
> > Congratulation, you need new hardware.
>
> Sorry to be a numb skull here but what do you mean by `caps'
capacitors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor
that little black&white or green&white or black&silver or all silver
cylindrical thingies that are all over your mainboard. Some of them are on
your cards too. And this little guys aren't known for their robustness. In
fact they don't like heat - dying very fast when things get hot. (excpet
polymer/'solid' cap).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-16 17:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-15 23:42 [gentoo-user] spontaneous reboots.. what to look for Harry Putnam
2009-02-15 23:56 ` Mark Knecht
2009-02-16 0:26 ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
2009-02-16 1:01 ` Mark Knecht
2009-02-16 0:26 ` [gentoo-user] " Dale
2009-02-16 0:16 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-02-16 0:22 ` Saphirus Sage
2009-02-16 17:30 ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
2009-02-16 17:55 ` Mark Knecht
2009-02-16 17:57 ` Volker Armin Hemmann [this message]
2009-02-16 17:59 ` Stroller
2009-02-16 17:59 ` Joseph Davis
2009-02-16 0:57 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
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