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From: HARDIKAR <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 11:47 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Boot Failure


>Hi Listmembers,
>
>My PC when cold booted every day just refuses to boot until I leave it
>power-on for at least 2 hrs.


What could the difference be after 2 hours??  The only thing that I
can see is that the mb has warmed up.  Perhaps there is a short or
a broken  trace that is corrected after the mb warms up and expands.

Open the case and blow a fan on the mb.  If it never will turn on, then
you can reasonably assume that you have discovered your problem.
Then the  question becomes: is it a bad mb or not?  I would check
for shorts as someone mentioned, but it may be time for a new mb.

HTH

Dean Kukral

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