A miscellaneous selection of my notes, artwork, and tutorials.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
I checked a number of connections, plugged in the power cable and
pressed the front power key on the Studio PC - and...
I checked a number of connections, plugged in the power cable and pressed the front power key on the Studio PC - and the fan started working!!!! That means the power supply is working at least. On to the next steps.
OK, I inserted the memory, and it's now booting with a standard list of components and a BIOS error message ('cause there's no CDRom or hard drives hooked up yet). This is PROGRESS. When everything went haywire last week, I couldn't get ANYTHING on the monitor!
We have BOOT! It's booting to Mint KDE, which is fine, because now I can fix GRUB!
I have no idea why it wouldn't work last week but it does now. But this is certainly saving me the expense of taking it to the shop. Now to install updates and the necessary software to do that.
OK, I inserted the memory, and it's now booting with a standard list of components and a BIOS error message ('cause there's no CDRom or hard drives hooked up yet). This is PROGRESS. When everything went haywire last week, I couldn't get ANYTHING on the monitor!
ReplyDeleteWe have BOOT! It's booting to Mint KDE, which is fine, because now I can fix GRUB!
ReplyDeleteI have no idea why it wouldn't work last week but it does now. But this is certainly saving me the expense of taking it to the shop. Now to install updates and the necessary software to do that.
Yay. Can this one run blender?
ReplyDeleteIt certainly can. Only, I haven't been able to fix GRUB yet so I can dual boot. So far it only boots to MINT 17.
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