[nzlug] Bugger!

[Cliff Pratt]

cr wrote:
> A couple of nights ago my Linux box went 'pop!' when I switched it on.   I was 
> half expecting to find it was a blown capacitor in the power supply but 
> instead a little transformer (not the main one) had shorted a turn or 
> something and blown all the solder off two of its terminals.    Bugger! (as 
> Toyota would say).    Probably not easy to match.
> 
> So I got a new power supply, but now I have no monitor picture.   The hard 
> drives start up and the CD drives light their lights momentarily after I 
> press Reset, but that's it.   No BIOS beeps or anything.    I presume that 
> means the power supply took a perfectly good motherboard and quite possibly a 
> perfectly good Athlon 2000 CPU with it when it went.    BUGGER!
> 
> I'm not sure I need advice, I suspect I just need sympathy.   <g>
> 
This is not a disaster! This is an opportunity to research and purchase 
the latest and greatest CPU/MB/PSU you can find!

Sheesh! The glass is half full, not half empty.

Cheers,

Cliff