Re: [Nolug] Two systems down - what to do?

On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 15:24, jdtiede@bellsouth.net wrote:
> My MS friend's system and my spare system are both down. I suspect
> mobo trouble, ordered a new one and a new Athlon 1100 (separate
> sources) and no matter what I swap with what (including video
> boards) neither will light the monitor. I didn't dare swap any
> components with the good system except the monitor. Both monitors
> work with the good system and neither works with the other two.
> I had a similar problem several months ago and only solved it
> by buying a mobo/CPU bundle. Is it possible that bad mobos and
> CPUs can contaminate each other?
> Back in 386/486 days, I never had this sort of problem. Of course,
> those were inferior chips and they often gave out after a year
> or so. Have higher speeds made components harder to work with?

A much more likely scenario is static electricity. Since there
are more transistors per square mm now, it's more likely that
something(s) will get zapped.

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