Re: tlug: strange machine part 2

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Uc^ida Masatomo wrote:

> Hello, everybody.
> 
> Scott wrote:
> > All I can think of at this point is either a bad video card or a bad
> > motherboard or a bad CPU... all are under warranty, but it would require
> > shipping them back to Utah for replacement.  Any ideas?
>  Need to check power supply or case.
>  In Japan they use 100V, while most power supplies are designed for
> 115V, which is used in U.S. So combination of power supply and mainboard
> causes a problem.
>  When I assembled a K6-200 machine, I first selected Aopen motherboard.
> But it doesn't work. I was told I need to change case or motherboard.
> Both parts are OK. But the combination is bad. So I changed motherboard.
> Now I use ASUS motherboard.
>  It's not rational. But it often happens in Japan.

Really.  That is interesting.  We've brought quite a few machines over
here from the states and none of them have done that... oh well, I have an
extra case or two here, I'll try that... thanks.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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