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Tom Lake
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 Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject: Capacitor Problem? |
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My MSI GNB Max motherboard has suddenly started to
refuse to complete a warm boot. It gets part way through
the BIOS messages (not always the same place) and hangs.
If I try four or five times it will finally complete the process.
Once it's running, however, it's steady as a rock. I leave it
on 24/7 and it is extremely stable. The only time I reboot
is after installing or uninstalling various pieces of software
that require a reboot. This started happening about the same
time as I installed Vista but I'm pretty sure that's just a
coincidence since it hangs well before any OS software starts
to load. Is it possible for bad caps to cause this? Maybe not
charging up or discharging properly?
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Grunion
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject: Re: Capacitor Problem? |
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Are the caps bulging or leaking brown goo?
- Grun
Tom Lake wrote:
| Quote: | My MSI GNB Max motherboard has suddenly started to
refuse to complete a warm boot. It gets part way through
the BIOS messages (not always the same place) and hangs.
If I try four or five times it will finally complete the process.
Once it's running, however, it's steady as a rock. I leave it
on 24/7 and it is extremely stable. The only time I reboot
is after installing or uninstalling various pieces of software
that require a reboot. This started happening about the same time as I
installed Vista but I'm pretty sure that's just a coincidence since it
hangs well before any OS software starts to load. Is it possible for
bad caps to cause this? Maybe not charging up or discharging properly?
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Tom Lake
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:01 pm Post subject: Re: Capacitor Problem? |
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"Grunion" <Grunion@spamblock.com> wrote in message news:457c0b2c_2@news.unc.edu...
| Quote: | Are the caps bulging or leaking brown goo?
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Not that I can see. Thanks for the quick response!
Tom
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- Grun
Tom Lake wrote:
My MSI GNB Max motherboard has suddenly started to
refuse to complete a warm boot. It gets part way through
the BIOS messages (not always the same place) and hangs.
If I try four or five times it will finally complete the process.
Once it's running, however, it's steady as a rock. I leave it
on 24/7 and it is extremely stable. The only time I reboot
is after installing or uninstalling various pieces of software
that require a reboot. This started happening about the same time as I
installed Vista but I'm pretty sure that's just a coincidence since it
hangs well before any OS software starts to load. Is it possible for
bad caps to cause this? Maybe not charging up or discharging properly?
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Davy
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Joined: 30 Apr 2005
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Location: Nr Manchester. UK
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