[Leaplist] mainboard problem

[patrick]

Bill Smith wrote:
> The old computer axiom holds "Garbage in, Garbage out."  In this case it
> looks like your power is turning your computers into garbage.  You can only
> expect so much out of a UPS, especially if they are not true power
> regenerators.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "patrick" <pberry2 at cfl.rr.com>
> To: <kshots at warfaresdl.com>; "This is the Leap Main List"
> <leaplist at leap-cf.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 8:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leaplist] mainboard problem
> 
> 
>> Richard F. Ostrow Jr. wrote:
>>> No POST beep = failed CPU or mobo. If you'd tried the CPU elsewhere, I'd
>>> say your mobo just died.
>> That is so sad.  But, an excuse to buy a new board with CPU that is
>> better, faster...
>>
>> I am running this 64 bit Sempron 3000+ with 768 MB DDR PC3200, set up as
>> the book says it should be, with only an IDE drive. Running Mepis 64,
>> rev6.5, it is almost identical in most functions as to speed as the
>> Athlon 32 bit XP 2200, 2000, 1800, 1600 systems here, with the Mepis 32
>> bit rev 6.5.
>>
>> But, now, I just had a UPS 500 burn up, (the Metal Oxide Varisters are
>> smoked) and the power seems to be dirty here, too.   Now, my AMD 2200
>> has an erratic mouse.  It is on a different UPS, as are all my systems.
>>
>> But, dirty and intermittant power can sure mess them up, it seems!

We have a neighbor who drove his 4 x 4 posts into the underground 2200
volt cables that feed 27 homes. Many are replacing appliances and
wondering why...

He is a convict, just off of a 15 year sentence, 10 of it probation, and
is immensely stupid.   Seminole County has cited him, though he pulled a
fence permit and was notified to observe all 'setbacks', he did not call
Sunshine, and actually drove his post hole digger into the cables twice,
causing 4 hours of outages, Monday, July 2, 2007.

He has trespassed 8 feet onto the street, and easement, owned by the
HOA, held in common by 276 home titled owners.   We are suing, and will
end up putting his house on the Sheriffs auction...

Meanwhile, we are plagued by outages, brownouts, sags, as five sub
transformers drop out, each time, one will trigger the rest on this
feedline...



It only takes one idiot to screw it up for the whole community.