It Could also be Caps on the Motherboard. It is relative to check this. Open the case and if see Caps with a bulge on the mother board you'll have to replace the caps or the whole mother board/. Jeffrey Dean Moncrieff jeffrey [ dot ] moncrieff [ at ] yahoo [ dot ] ca On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:53:13 PM, Bill Strosberg <oclug [ at ] strosberg [ dot ] com> wrote: On 13-11-20 02:40 PM, Shawn H Corey wrote: > On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:13:33 -0700 > "Jean-Francois Messier" <jf [ at ] messier [ dot ] ca> wrote: > >> That makes much sense to >> me...........................................:-) >> >> JF >> --- >> Le code source libre c'est l'ouverture de l'esprit. >> Open Source is open minded. >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Hardware Problems >> From: Stephen Gregory <oclug [ at ] kernelpanic [ dot ] ca> >> Date: Wed, November 20, 2013 1:12 pm >> To: Shawn H Corey <shawnhcorey [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> >> Cc: Ottawa Linux Users Group <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> >> >> Sounds like a bad power supply. >> > Well, I never took a power supply apart before. Anything special I > should watch out for? > > Generally, there are a couple large capacitors that are cooked. The cans look a little "overinflated". They aren't hard to change - but in reality it isn't worth doing. A good replacement supply is $50 or so. If a power supply is questionable at all it isn't worth taking a chance. The caps can retain power for a while, so shorting them can be ... shocking. -- Bill _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux