I have an old HP DV4000 that I'd like to use as a server. (vortexbox.org).
It was running fine with XP a few months ago. I recently installed Puppy linux and it works fine but... now when I hit the power button, it is hit and miss if it boots.
Sometimes it will power on and do nothing.
Sometimes it will power up and start to boot but hang.
Sometimes it will start loading puppy and freeze on one of the steps.
Sometimes it will boot puppy and freeze intermittently.
I put the XP HDD back in and it does the same thing.
It *seems* like there is sometimes an effect when I tilt the screen up and down... like there is a loose wire. But it doesn't help all the time.
I removed and reseated the processor. I removed and tried different RAM. No help...
Any suggestions before I trash this thing?
Thanks!
It was running fine with XP a few months ago. I recently installed Puppy linux and it works fine but... now when I hit the power button, it is hit and miss if it boots.
Sometimes it will power on and do nothing.
Sometimes it will power up and start to boot but hang.
Sometimes it will start loading puppy and freeze on one of the steps.
Sometimes it will boot puppy and freeze intermittently.
I put the XP HDD back in and it does the same thing.
It *seems* like there is sometimes an effect when I tilt the screen up and down... like there is a loose wire. But it doesn't help all the time.
I removed and reseated the processor. I removed and tried different RAM. No help...
Any suggestions before I trash this thing?
Thanks!