Fedora-10 killed my computer ...

[Mani A]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:09 AM, Timothy Murphy <tim at maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> Mani A wrote:
>
>>> Did you actually read the problem description? How is he to reset the
>>> BIOS?
>>
>> By simply removing the battery for a few secs or 'by changing the
>> jumpers as per instructions in the manual'.
>> Of course, this is ... if the bios has actually been corrupted.
>>
>>  It is also possible that the mainboard has a power related problem
>
> As I said, Fedora and Windows XP both run perfectly on this machine,
> once it has booted.
> Is that compatible with a mainboard power problem?

When the power button of a PC is switched on, then the keyboard draws
power immediately.
This happens even before the completion of post. So theoretically it
is possible.

Best

A. Mani



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