Hello, Wayne.

-=> WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to JASEN BETTS <=-

 JB> maybe your drive is going to sleep mode but is unable to wake up,
 JB> try changing the power saving setttings in the cmos.

 WC> Tried all permutations, no joy.
 WC> Lockups increased in frequency and it sometimes no longer makes
 WC> it through boot and POST.

Well, the symptoms seem to be getting worse and worse, but - -
Please clarify that. POST comes first.  If it isn't making it thru POST,
I think that sounds like your P.S.  If it gets thru POST but won't boot,
could still be either PS or HDD.  See other msg - - perhaps you could
try a known good HDD in there?

If you have some old Norton Utilities there, one program which might be
useful is SYSINFO,  run from a FDD and with the "/DEMO" switch, that
will repeatedly run some benchmark tests on both CPU and HDD.  I think
that HDD test wouldn't jeopardize the current contents of the HDD, since
I don't think it does any writing.

Good luck - - -  JimH.








 WC> It's sitting across the room unplugged.
 WC> I may pull the power supply apart and look for suspect caps,
 WC> a relay or defective auto shutdown or standby circuit.


... Bother! said Pooh, as his system again locked up.
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