On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Leen de Braal <ldb at braha.nl> wrote: >> m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >>> Michael Eager wrote: >> >>>> House-built, Gigabyte MB, AMD Phenom II X6, 6Gb RAM. >>> >>> Any chance the problem's with the video card? >> >> Video is on the MB. It doesn't seem likely that it's >> the video, since the system doesn't respond to network >> when it crashes. >> >> It could be anything. That's why I'm looking for >> something that would give me a bit of a hint what >> to look at. With an infrequent failure, it's not >> practical to replace components piecemeal. > > While you open the case, check for the bulging capacitor problem. > Will have the effect you describe, freezing up the system so that even > bios routines don't work (your fans). > If that's the case, replace mainboard. > Or replace the CAPS if you're not afraid of a soldering iron :) -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532