Can't boot Linux after motherboard change

[suvayu ali]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Paolo Galtieri <pgaltieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> The system would switch from AC power to battery, dimming the monitor, and
> then switch back to AC with the monitor brightening.  This continued to
> happen on and off for several weeks, it also would happen under Windows 7,
> so wasn't an OS issue.  I tried two different external power supplies, but
> the problem still occurred.  If I took the battery out and ran on just the
> AC then the system would power itself off within a minute or two.

Are you sure your motherboard is the only thing that was damaged?
Regular unsteady power is bad for almost any kind of electronics. How
long does it stay up in Windows?

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Suvayu

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