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talk:howtos:hardware:hardware_diagnostics [2013/01/25 10:42 (UTC)] – [Technical Jargon] htexmexhtalk:howtos:hardware:hardware_diagnostics [2014/01/21 17:53 (UTC)] (current) – [Technical Jargon] metaschima
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 Sorry about the jargon, I just tend to use it without realizing it. I removed two things I added to the motherboard section, because I cannot confirm that my motherboard is dead, so it was not reliable information. Sorry about the jargon, I just tend to use it without realizing it. I removed two things I added to the motherboard section, because I cannot confirm that my motherboard is dead, so it was not reliable information.
  --- //[[wiki:user:htexmexh|Johaan Strojandogg]] 2013/01/25 02:41//  --- //[[wiki:user:htexmexh|Johaan Strojandogg]] 2013/01/25 02:41//
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 +I have updated a few things and made a few corrections.
 + --- //[[wiki:user:htexmexh|Johaan Strojandogg]] 2013/05/07 06:21//
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 +I removed some possibly incorrect symptoms of PSU failure. I added capacitor high-pitched squealing/screeching as a good predictor of hardware failure and of which component is the cause.
 + --- //[[wiki:user:htexmexh|Johaan Strojandogg]] 2013/09/06 03:32//
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 +I would like to add info about how to reset the CMOS settings in case you have trouble booting a system. Typically instead of booting there is just a black screen without boot codes. See: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=5087708#post5087708 I will add it in a day or two if there is no response.
 + --- //[[wiki:user:metaschima|Meta Schima]] 2013/12/27 11:32//
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 +I will be adding a section on mouse problems and potential fixes. See: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=5093589
 + --- //[[wiki:user:metaschima|Meta Schima]] 2014/01/09 11:49//
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 +I will be adding a section for power button failure as being separate from PSU failure. See: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/instability-intel-i5-750-linked-to-cpu-clock-drive-voltage-4175490587/page2.html
 + --- //[[wiki:user:metaschima|Meta Schima]] 2014/01/21 09:53//
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