Sounds like some fine trace line on mobo are broken (my guess is around
south brideg area), so when the mobo is cold, there are connection problems
on PCB.  Nothing you can do to solve it, unless you change a new mobo. And
yes, I have seen this before.

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Burke" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 4:34 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] strange problem follow up


> hi.... the problem i submitted earlier and which i've copied below,has not
been solved .... but i decided to submit a follow up as a means of possibly
having someone come up with a solution.... after sending the original
message i've tried replacing the power supply but this didnt work... now
heres the amazing thing.... i placed a small hair dryer on the bottom of the
tower and let it run about 4-5 minutes and lo and behold the computer
started normally when i turned the power on ...... i'm no expert but that
seems to tell me that the problem is "temperature" related .... and i dont
mean air temp as my coputer is not in a "cold" or damp area ...... and i'm
not sure if the hard drive would be having a problem kicking in when its
"cold" since the temp problem could be related to other devices in the
tower.... thanks to those who replied earlier..... and i'll certainly let
all of you know the solution if i can ever find one

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