RE: [cobalt-users] Qube2 wont restore.

["agility" <webmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I just go a Qube2 off of eBay.  
> > When I brought it home it functioned fine (it appeared to boot fully),
> > until the next day...I started it up to see if it ran all day fine
> just
> > powered up, it didn't.  When I came home it was turning itself on and
> > off in an endless cycle, with the LCD display tuning on and off also.
> > So I listened to it and it sounded like the HD was going bad, so I
> > replaced it today with a 20GB HD, and that appeared to fix it.  Now I
> > run the restore CD and I get it to say "Network booting" it sits there
> > for about 7min then reboots itself and hangs up on the "Starting Up"
> > screen eventually it just turns off :-(
> > Also now it seems to be doing the on/off thing with this new HD also,
> it
> > would be like someone is pressing the power button a whole bunch of
> > times, and eventually leaves it turned on.
> 
> Yes the fan turns on, then off, then on, then off....
> I thought maybe there was a problem with the power switch, but that
> doesn't quite explain why it wont restore...

Really does sound like the power supply is toast, would you agree
that it happens when it warms up! If so you probably need to replace it.

Yuk!

Paul ASI

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