In my Limited experience with electricity it sounds like a broken trace on
the MoBo. When the MoBo is cold the trace doesn't complete the circuit.
When it warms up the MoBo the MoBo then reconnects the broken trace and
WaLa a circuit is born.

BCoe CM Productions


At 11:12 PM 4/4/99 +1000, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I have a strange situation. a client reported a boot-up problem. I
>checked with the computer and didn't find any problem. After client took
>machine back, he found same problem - no boot. I finally discovered that
>the computer doesn't like cold temp. at client end, the computer was
>placed in a well air/con "cold" room, it requires a warm up time to boot
>in that room. so I took the machine back to workshop, tested it with
>cooling can (which is designed for electronic device use, client use it
>for expensive equipment) inch by inch. I found that when I cool down the
>area around cpu (around socket 7 without cool the cpu), the problem
>appear. On other computers, I tested with same cooling and no problem at
>all.
>
>How could this happen? Can anyone give me an explanation of this? I've
>seen a lot of heat problems, but never seen this kind of problem before.
>
>Thanks
>
>J Qian

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