[olug] Hardware Mooch

[adunlop]

Ditto.  Sounds like a OSU cap blew.

On Jul 28, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Brady Cox wrote:

> Personally, I'd test the power supply first.
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:40 AM, <bugs.moran at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am one of the Lincoln people that keeps up on this list.  
>> Recently, the
>> smoke tried very hard to get out of my computer, but somehow didn't  
>> quite
>> manage it. The PC made a noise indistinguishable from a big moth  
>> hitting a
>> bug zapper. Since then, the computer has run at what I would call a
>> somewhat degraded quality. It locks up frequently, and usually  
>> resumes
>> function after a bit. Sometimes it reboots instead.
>>
>> Anyway, I would like to troubleshoot this to see what exactly  
>> happened. In
>> order to do so, I would like to get ahold of a socket 939  
>> motherboard and
>> processor. If you can help with either, please let me know.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> John Moran
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