On Monday 16 January 2006 22:05, tigerflag wrote: > On Monday 16 January 2006 03:22 pm, Vaughn Treude kindly wrote: > > Thanks for the ideas, Craig, Miles, Austin, and Cat.  I think the CPU > > fan is OK, and the CPU temperature was good at least when I first > > powered it up.  Unless the fan is randomly stalling out, I doubt it's > > heat related, since the timing is so sporadic.  (Then again, the fact > > that it sometimes won't come up for a couple of minutes does make it > > seem heat-related.)  So far it's been up and running for 2 hrs now.  The > > next time it shuts itself off I'll open it again and look at the caps. > > I didn't notice any capacitor gook when I had it open earlier but I > > wasn't looking for that either.  :-)  If all else fails, I'll send it > > back for warranty service. > > This has me curious. These things can drive you crazy, I know. At some time > or another I've experienced almost everything all you geniuses suggested. > Let us know what it turns out to be. > > Siri Amrit I know this is a bit late to chime in, hopefully you have the roblem sussed by now, however, I had the same problem with an AMD Proc just a few weeks ago. I used heat sink "tape" instead of the usual compound paste. Removing the tape and replacing it with the paste cured the problem. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss