[Tfug] Any tips for diagnosing possible hardware problems?

[Harry McGregor]

Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
> Thanks to all who helped. Here is an update:
>
> I ran memtest86+ (from the Ubuntu cd) for 4 hours, and there were no
> errors.
>
> Then I pulled a cd drive from another pc and swapped it out. I used the
> Ubuntu cd and it booted fine, though it was a little slower than usual.
> I then installed Debian etch, and it too worked fine.
>
> Based on another reply, I guess that does not mean the cd drive was
> bad. I had no idea that a cd could work on one drive and not another.
> How disturbing!
>
> Now I still have a few things that are weird on this computer.
>
> 1) The floppy drive light stays on all the time. I will try replacing
> the cable, and the drive to see if that solves the problem.
>
>   
Cable is probably flipped over
> 2) The first time I started Firefox, the computer immediately turned
> itself off. I started it back up, and this time everything worked fine,
> but I have a feeling that something is not quite right.
>   
Strange, I would look at installing lm-sensors, and running
sensors-detect and sensors to see what your temps look like, etc.

                                        Harry
> Thanks!
> Glen
>
>
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