Message boards :
Number crunching :
Another one bites the dust
Message board moderation
Author | Message |
---|---|
Jim_S Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4705 Credit: 64,560,357 RAC: 31 |
I have had another computer die...3 to go then no more S@H. Then what sanity I have left will fry. Sorry Wingfolks. I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.) |
Tom M Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5126 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462 |
I have had another computer die...3 to go then no more S@H. Then what sanity I have left will fry. Sorry Wingfolks. I am sorry to hear that. Maybe someone can donate a box. Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51478 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I have had another computer die...3 to go then no more S@H. Then what sanity I have left will fry. Sorry Wingfolks. Or maybe somebody close enough to try to troubleshoot what Jim has? "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
Jim_S Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4705 Credit: 64,560,357 RAC: 31 |
The MB is Crackling. No obvious damage. |
Keith Myers Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 |
Crackling is electrical arcing. So you have a trace that is broken with current flowing through it and it is jumping the gap. Or you could have a capacitor that is breaking down and arcing internally too. Death sentence I would assume. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
Jim_S Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4705 Credit: 64,560,357 RAC: 31 |
Crackling is electrical arcing. So you have a trace that is broken with current flowing through it and it is jumping the gap. Or you could have a capacitor that is breaking down and arcing internally too. Death sentence I would assume. Can't see anything in the dark, Must be Cap having internal Death. |
©2024 University of California
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.