[H-GEN] Dead PC

[Robert Brockway]

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Geoff Shang wrote:

> The computer was recently shipped from Israel so it's possible something has 
> gone wrong with it.  But last I saw it it was running fine, with no 
> complaints.  The PC has 3 fans in it and I don't detect any burned-out 
> smells, so I doubt that it's heat that's been the problem.

Was the power supply brought from Israel with the box?  Whenever I 
transport boxes that far I get a new case and power supply in the new 
location.  I do this to avoid the expense of transporting it and because I 
don't trust those doing the transporting at all :(

It looks like Israel uses 220-230V and 50Hz (based on RTFM, I couldn't 
remember from when I visited).

Reference: http://wikitravel.org/en/Israel

> If anyone can suggest anything at all, I'd be very greatful.  My partner is 
> not taking this at all well and I'd love nothing more than to be able to fix 
> it for her, though I'm rapidly coming to terms with the fact that this could 
> need a professional.

Several people have already made kind offers to help out.  One alternative 
is to get the box to HUMBUG.  One of the advantages to this approach is 
that a HUMBUG meeting generally has decent spare parts to allow for a 
process of elimination in diagnosing the problem (and so many h/w faults 
end up being found this way).

Cheers,

Rob

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