[nmglug] More house calls?

Bin Hu hubin.keio at gmail.com
Wed Mar 3 19:52:10 PST 2010


What is the result of memory test? Did it show any error?

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:05 PM, BrianO'Keefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com> wrote:
>
> Additionally: We got a remote disk drive to see if the problem was the
> internal drive but still can't boot a live cd from that either. Any help
> at all out there?? Nothing boots at all, just the memory test. It just
> reboots repeatedly. Is this a hardware issue? Is there a way to try and
> mount the HD to my laptop and try and access it? It would be great to
> actually get the box to work though.
>
> Any gurus out there that do house calls or will take my brother's
> computer and figure out why he can't boot from a rescue or live cd? I
> had asked about this a while back as he was having cd drive issues, he
> thought. He uninstalled and then reinstalled udev and since then he can
> only boot to memory test. He can access his BIOS settings but can't
> effect any change. He bought a remote drive to try and boot a cd but no
> good.
> He's ready to have someone come over and check out the problem and as
> he's disabled it's far easier for that than to take the box somewhere,
> though not impossible.
> Any help?
>
> Brian
>
>
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