I've had an intermittent problem with a Dell Optiplex GX280 P4 3.2GHZ.
Any ideas on diagnosis? Anything I might have missed, or not thought to check? Cheers
- Was able to install both WinXP and Ubuntu 8.10, however after updates Ubuntu crashed and would not reload. WinXP intermittently got the blue screen of death.
- Ubuntu would not reinstall.
- Ran Memtest, and the RAM appears to be ok.
- Replaced the Hard Drive, same problems, Ubuntu still refused to install.
- The computer shop said it was probably the mobo or the processor (duh)
- I won an Acer Veriton 2800 in a scholarship and surprise, surprise, it has a compatible P4 3.2GHZ processor, so I might switch the processors and see what happens, if it's still buggered, I'll assume the mobo is at fault. -I don't get the Acer till next week.
- If that is the case, I'll probably buy a new motherboard and rebuild the comp into an ATX case I have lying around.
- Will update the processor at a later stage
Any ideas on diagnosis? Anything I might have missed, or not thought to check? Cheers