Mike:
I assume you checked the obvious such as making sure that all the
connectors from the power supply to the Motherboard were properly
seated? You might also consider removing them and re-seating them,
as in the Metairie humidity, they might have picked up some
corrosion.
However, I suspect that the power supply may be going! I read about
a relatively cheap tester from Compu USA. Or if you have another
power supply sitting around try a substitute.
f course, knowing what the Motherboard beeps mean would be abig
help!!
Good Luck.
Edward
--- In nopc_help@yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mike@...> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> This weekend I set up one of my machines to dual boot Kubuntu
(Linux)
> and Windows Vista Ultimate. Kubuntu was already installed on my
> machine. I first tried to use the Gparted that was already loaded
on
> the machine, but that didn't work. I downloaded the most recent
> version to make a bootable cd. Shrunk the partition for linux
> creating some unallocated space on the drive and then shut the
machine
> down. Upon restarting, I am assuming, during the POST I got the
> following messages:
>
> Alert! Previous Fan Failure
> Alert! Previous Thermal Failure
> Alert! Previous Voltage Failure
> Hit F1 to continue ....
>
> I get what I think are two long beeps. I still have to find out
which
> brand motherboard I have and check out the beep codes. The fans
turn
> till the machine shuts down. Free of dust, no observable
impediments
> to the airflow. And once on the machine has run for over 24 hours
> without a problem. It won't "Restart", it shuts down completely
and I
> have to power it back on manually with the same messages.
>
> Is it possible that Gparted did something to create this
situation?
> Since I can't find any real evidence that something is really wrong
> can I assume that this is like the car with the ever present check
> engine light that runs without a problem for 10 years? I'd
appreciate
> any feedback you guys could provide.
>
> Mike York
>