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[solarbird]

*#&$*(@$ archaic LPX-format power supplies *#@&$*(!$&(^!*@ old equipment *#$&(*@#$&(#$%(!! no money for virtualising server box with RAID array *@#&$*(@$&*(!!!!

lodestone gets a brain transplant tomorrow. (the only thing that gets saved are the drives and the net card.) i thought that since i could still get a boot out of it that we wouldn't have to do this right away, but that was apparently a fluke as now that i've replaced the power supply's fan, i can only get about 1 boot out of 10, and most of the time it hangs in post - if it posts, which, generally, it does not.

nang nang nang nang

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[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Wish I didn't *have* to go in tomorrow; I'd bring you Geminii... 2U Compaq ProLiant dual-PIII-550 that I'd be happy to see get a good home, as long as I could have an account on it.... we might still have to talk at some point.

If it actually boots occasionally, it's probably the proc... grumpymaking, is what it is....

[solarbird]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking - I'm pretty sure the power supply is borderline at this point (tho' it was massively over-capacity for the machine, so that was okay), but the hang mid-post thing really made me think the CPU had gotten something unpleasant along the way.

[solarbird]

That said, murknet accounts are not particularly dear. So that's an option regardless.

If you mean it, when'd you think about bringing it? We could use not spending that $300.