[TriLUG] [OT] Weird hardware power problem

[Daniel T. Chen]

Sounds like you might have a short...my roommate just replaced his
motherboard after having the exact symptoms you listed. Make sure you
don't have any loose screws playing around in the case.

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Dan Chen                 crimsun at email.unc.edu
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On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Bill Vinson wrote:

> Weird hardware problem I am having.  I have an old machine (K6-233) that
> I just changed out from 48MB in 4 SIMMs to 128MB SDRAM PC133 (Machine
> was not designed for PC133, but isn't backward compatible hw grand)
> 
> However, now everything works....detects the ram, but during boot the
> system just powers off.  It is as if the power is just cut out from
> under it.  Never seen this with this machine before but it has been
> awhile since I have used it.  Any ideas on what to check?  Looked at
> power connectors internal and external, but I am just stumped.  No
> beeps, no errors, just stops and powers off.